2. Eel is a kind of tropical warm temperate fish, which lives at the bottom of the water and mainly lives in muddy water such as rice fields, lakes, ponds, rivers and ditches. It likes to dig holes, seldom moves during the day and goes out for food at night. It is a fierce carnivorous fish, which can prey on all kinds of small animals, such as insects and their larvae, frogs, tadpoles, small fish and so on.