Eel or eels may refer to:

In biology

Ray-finned fish:

• True eels, fish in the order of Anguilliformes
• Electric Eel, a species of knifefish in the order of Gymnotiformes
• Deep-Sea Spiny Eels, a common name for fish in the family Notacanthidae, order Notacanthiformes
• Spiny Eel, Tiretrack Eel, or Fire Eel, common fish of the family Mastacembelidae, order Synbranchiformes

Amphibians

• Congo eel, amphibians of the genus Amphiuma (order Caudata)
• Two-Legged Eel or Mud Eel, common names of Siren intermedia, an eel-like amphibian (order Caudata)
• Rubber eel, a common name for aquatic caecilians of the family Typhlonectidae (order Gymnophiona) or the more common .. SLIMY eel!

In fiction

• The Eel (fictional character), a pulp fiction character.
• Eel (comics), a comic book supervillain character
• The Eel (Japanese film), a 1997 movie directed by Shohei Imamura
• "Eels", a 2007 episode of the British television comedy series The Mighty Boosh
• The Eel (Short Film), An experimental short film by British film maker Dominic Hailstone.

In music

• Eels (band), a musical group
• The Eel, one of the Gorilla Bites that were used to promote the first Gorillaz album
• EeL, a Japanese musician who has appeared in beatmania IIDX

Acronyms and abbreviations

• EEL (Extensible Embeddable Language), a scripting and programming language intended for hard real time applications
• EELS (e-learning), EduVision E-Learning System, a Digital Divide program by EduVision
• Electron energy loss spectroscopy, often abbreviated as "EELS"
• The Eazel Extensions Library is a collection of widgets and extensions to many modules of the GNOME platform

Other uses

• Parramatta Eels Rugby League Club
• Eel Pie Island in the River Thames
• Several rivers named Eel River
• Eric Moussambani, Equatorial Guinean swimmer, nicknamed The Eel
• USS Eel (SS-354), a projected United States Navy submarine

See also

• EAL

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