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GULPERS
Gulpers are filter feeders (baleen whales) that occasionally take large gulps of concentrated food (usually tiny crustaceans and small fish). Food is then pushed into the gullet with the tongue.
Gulpers are also deep water fish - there are several different species that are commonly called Gulper Eels. They live at depths of 9,000 feet or more, where there is no light from the surface at all.
Diet
The gulper eel eats fish, copepods, shrimp, and plankton. It uses its mouth like a net by opening its large mouth and swimming at its prey.
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Centrophorus granulosus, Gulper Shark
Centropomus undecimalis, Common Snook
Centropomus ensiferus, Swordspine Snook
Centropomus pectinatus, Tarpon Snook
Centropomus parallelus, Fat Snook
Centropristis philadelphica, Rock Sea Bass ...
A Gulper Eel, Eurypharynx pelecanoides
A Hairtail Blenny at the Pipeline
A Harlequin Fish at Kangaroo Island
A Harlequin Fish at Snug Cove
A Harlequin Fish at Summies Reef
A Harlequin Snake Eel at Coral Bay, Ningaloo Reef ...
The growth rate of the velvet belly is slow, though faster than some other deep-sea sharks such as the leafscale gulper shark (Centrophorus squamosus) or the shortspine spurdog (Squalus mitsukurii).
SACCOPHARYNGIFORMES
bobtail eels, whiptail gulpers, umbrellamouth gulpers, monognathids
CLUPEIFORMES
denticle herrings, herrings, shads, sardines, anchovies, wolf herrings, Sundaland noodlefishes ...
 See also: Eel, Whale, Gulper eel, Coral, Sunfish
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