Mature wolf eels can range from bluish gray to brown to green-even red. Juvenile wolf eels look quite different from adults: they’re burnt orange in color and spotted. Their powerful jaws help them grip and crush a variety of prey including crabs, sea urchins, snails, mussels and clams. They make their homes in caves and crevices in water that’s as shallow as subtidal and as deep as 700 feet. This is a common misnomer given its long, slender body and misleading common name.
In contrast, the juvenile wolf-eel is remarkably colorful, with spots and stripes of orange and yellow. While it takes time for it to fade into the uniform gray of an adult, wolf eel set out to hunt after a few days following birth. Adult wolf-eels have a grey mottled body with darker eye-spots on their back and dorsal fin. One can easily spot newborn or juvenile wolf eel by the glaring orange hue of their bodies. The wolf eel (Anarrhichthys ocellatus) is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to. Wolf eels can be up to eight feet long and have over 200 vertebrae (compare that to the 33 in human spines!). Seattle Aquarium Wolf eels are orange in their youth. Wolf eel are a bright orange as teens the they turn a cloudy. January 4 is all about wolf eels, which actually aren’t eels at all-they’re fish! See below for some fun wolf eel facts, then join us at Winter Fishtival to learn more. Buy Juvenile wolf eel by katiebjorn as a Laptop Sleeve. Join the Seattle Aquarium for Winter Fishtival, where we’ll feature different sea animals and fun activities each day.
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