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Does an eel have a tongue?

Updated: 10/8/2023
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12y ago

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Squid come in a variety of sizes and appearances. They range from 1 inch to more than 70 feet in length. Most squid have long, tube-shaped bodies with a small head. They have 10 arms (two of which are much longer than the others for grasping prey). These arms are lined with rows of suckers. Some varieties of squid have claw-like hooks instead of, or in addition to, the suckers. In the center of the arms is a mouth with a parrot-like shaped beak that surrounds a sharp, bony tongue (called the radula).

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10y ago

yes, but not like yours.

A fish has a bone called a basihyal which superficially looks like

a tetrapods tongue. However, the basihyal is not homologous to

a tetrapods tongue. A tetrapod is a vertebrate with four limbs

each of which has a wrist-like structure.

A tetrapods tongue is comprised of muscle, not bone.

The tongue is highly mobile. The basihyal is a bone that

protects the heart of the fish. The basihyal is not mobile.

Sometimes, teeth are attached to the basihyal.

The basihyal is better thought of as part of the lower jaw

of a fish rather than a tongue. However, sometimes the basihyal

is called a "fishes tongue" mostly because of the superficial

resemblance.

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12y ago

Of course they do. If they didn't have a tongue, they wouldn't be able to speak.

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10y ago

No. However a squid does have an organ called a radula, which somewhat resumbles a tongue.

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