| Often scaleless fish | 20 |
| Moray, say | 10 |
| Long-bodied swimmer | 19 |
| Lithe swimmer | 13 |
| Lamprey or conger | 17 |
| Kabayaki fish | 13 |
| Jellied item in British cuisine | 31 |
| It's slippery when wet | 26 |
| It's shocking! | 18 |
| It may be spitchcocked | 22 |
| Fish without ventral fins | 25 |
| Elver | 5 |
| Electrophorus electricus, for one | 33 |
| Elder elver | 11 |
| Dragon roll fish | 16 |
| Delicacy from the sea | 21 |
| Congrio | 7 |
| Conger line member? | 19 |
| Caterpillar roll ingredient | 27 |
| California's ___ River | 26 |
| ___ roll (sushi selection) | 26 |
| Wriggling fish | 14 |
| Word with spiny or electric | 27 |
| Wiggly electric fish | 20 |
| Underwater wiggler | 18 |
| Underwater predator | 19 |
| Unagi, in a sushi bar | 21 |
| Unagi in a sushi bar | 20 |
| Unagi | 5 |
| Thin swimmer | 12 |
| Thin fish | 9 |
| Teleost fish | 12 |
| Swirly swimmer | 14 |
| Sushi-bar choice | 16 |
| Sushi order, perhaps | 20 |
| Sushi display | 13 |
| Sushi bar serving | 17 |
| Snaky critter | 13 |
| Snake ___ | 9 |
| Snail eater | 11 |
| Slithery catch | 14 |
| Slithering fish | 15 |
| Slippery critter | 16 |
| Slipperiness exemplar | 21 |
| Slimy-skinned fish | 18 |
| Skinny swimmer | 14 |
| Skinny fish | 11 |
| Sinuous sea creature | 20 |
| Serpentine seafood | 18 |
| Sargasso swimmer | 16 |
| Sargasso Sea denizen | 20 |
| Sargasso Sea breeder | 20 |
| River in Northern California | 28 |
| Reef wriggler | 13 |
| Orinoco shocker | 15 |
| One of the more vicious fishes | 30 |
| One in a wriggly field? | 23 |
| Nonkosher fish | 14 |
| Nocturnal swimmer | 17 |
| Nearly scaleless fish | 21 |
| Mud ___ | 7 |
| Moray, for example | 18 |
| Meal for a seal | 15 |
| Marine shocker | 14 |
| Long, thin fish | 15 |
| Long wriggler in the water | 26 |
| Lamprey ___ | 11 |
| It may be jellied or smoked | 27 |
| It lacks a pelvic fin | 21 |
| It has electric organs | 22 |
| Hardy fish | 10 |
| Hamburger __ soup (German dish) | 31 |
| Grown-up elver | 14 |
| Grown elver | 11 |
| Grig, when grown | 16 |
| Grig, e.g. | 10 |
| Grig | 4 |
| Glass ___ | 9 |
| Fish you can smoke | 18 |
| Fish without scales | 19 |
| Fish with no pelvic fin | 23 |
| Fish that's jellied in British cuisine | 42 |
| Fish that might shock you | 25 |
| Fish in Japanese cuisine | 24 |
| Exotic leather | 14 |
| Evasive one | 11 |
| Epitome of elusiveness | 22 |
| Critter that may go for a long swim? | 36 |
| Coral reef dweller | 18 |
| Conger critter | 14 |
| Bumping into one could provide a shock | 38 |
| British pie ingredient | 22 |
| Bioelectric fish, sometimes | 27 |
| Aquarium wriggler | 17 |
| Anguineous fish | 15 |
| Amazon zapper | 13 |
| ___ Pie Island (artist commune on the Thames) | 45 |
| Zapping biter | 13 |
| You can smoke this | 18 |
| Yakatori fish | 13 |