Tropical Eels Crossword Clue

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	noun • family of brightly colored voracious eels of warm coastal waters; generally nonaggressive to humans but larger species are dangerous if provoked
	42%	11		They are also known as slime eels, although they are not true eels
	noun • type genus of the Myxinidae (typical hagfishes)
	34%	7		Genus of tropical marine eels
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