yes when they get bigger they will become a different color
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The types of eels are salt water eels, freshwater eels, the
swamp eels, rubber eels and the electric eels. It is an elongated
fish that lives in the shallow waters.
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We do not know as eels do not leave good fossils. Also your
English is a bit wrong your question should be worded "How many
extinct eels were there". This is because if they are extinct they
would have lived in the past not the present.