![]() It is a homebody that likes crunchy snacks and prefers that they come right by the front door they are great parents and are docile unless fighting for home or partner. The Wolf-Eel is indeed akin to us in so many ways. The males do compete for females who will sometimes opt to swap dens and go live with the competitor. Sound like any other species you know? Wonder if it happens at mid-life? It was long thought that Wolf-Eels always mate for life but, this is not always the case. One juvenile is even known to have travelled a minimum of 1,000 km having been tagged in Port Hardy, BC and found back in Willapa Bay, Washington two years later. The juveniles settle into the adult sedentary lifestyle between the ages of 6 months and 2 years (presumably dependent on food supply and den availability). Having a long tail also allows them to den-up, curling up and around in narrow spaces between rocks and. The long tail serves in locomotion, powering them forward with big, slow, s-shaped waves while being stabilized with the long dorsal and pectoral fins (see video below). They are the only member of their family that have this body shape. This is likely another driver for the male’s having such fleshy heads – they are better able to survive the wounds inflicted by such battles.Ĭlearly, another unique feature about this species is their eel-like body. They do also sometimes need to do battle for den space with a Giant Pacific Octopus. As adults, the females are smaller and a darker brownish grey (both remarkably camouflaged for when they are in their rocky dens). Both male and female juveniles are brownish orange and look even more eel-like, lacking the big head of the adults. ![]() ![]() In aquariums, their life expectancy is known to be at least 28 years. Wolf-Eels have long-lasting pair bonds, coming together when they are around 4-years-old and having their first clutch when they are around 7. The males do compete for females who will sometimes opt to swap dens and go live with the competitor. Sound like any other species you know? Wonder if it happens at mid-life? □ EThe mature males do carry battle wounds supporting that they don’t just hang out in dens waiting for a snack to come by, but rather that they will occasionally duke it out with other male Wolf-Eels.It was long thought that Wolf-Eels always mate for life but, this is not always the case. So we are going to submit the pics and see if the newspaper and a marine salt water fish biologist can tell us what this thing is! After talking with local town people they say this is really a good eating fish. When we got home we googled Wolf Fish and come to find out there are both Wolf fish and Wolf eel. I was like just cut the line and let it go. Until now I thought Ling Cod were the most prehistoric, ugliest looking fish ever! But take a look at what we caught! We both said the best way to describe this thing was with two words: EVIL looking!!Īnd YES we did release it! We tried to get the hook out of his mouth without injuring it to release him in the water…but was unable to do that, so we had to bring “the creature” in the boat to unhook IT! I was afraid it would electrocute Ray…I mean it looks like an eel!! Ray didn’t know what it was! I jumped into the cabin of the boat it scared me so much and let Ray worry about getting the hook out of it’s mouth. I will never forget dragging this thing, this creature up from the sea. Now for the un-nerving part! If you have the stomach……look at what we drug up from the bottom, something that was really scary looking! What an interesting exciting day we had. We fished a few hours in the Seldovia area of Kachemak Bay for salmon and didn’t get a bite so decided we would go find some halibut. ![]() Life in Alaska can be very un-nerving! I had thought I had seen everything pretty much from the ocean! Ray and I went out to try and find some salmon but instead we found something called a Wolf Fish vs Wolf Eel. ![]()
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