Monopterus albus, also often called eel, is an omnivorous fish mainly based on animals, and likes to eat earthworms, mussels, stuffed meat, fish and so on. Young eels eat egg yolks, worms and earthworms. Young eels feed on caterpillars, earthworms, rotifers, cladocera and swallows. Adult eels mainly eat earthworms, small miscellaneous fish, snails, mussels, shrimps, tadpoles, frogs and insects. 1, wild eel. Wild Monopterus albus generally preys on small fish, frogs and shrimps. In the water, sometimes I drink water.