Variations: Quauhxovili
The Quauhxouilin, “eagle-fish” (from quauhtli, “eagle”, and xouilin, a type of fish) is an edible Mexican fish. Its head resembles that of an eagle, with a curved, golden-yellow snout. Its body is long and large and smooth like an eagle. This fish has neither scales nor bones; its meat is soft throughout and makes good eating.
References
Sahagun, B. (1830) Historia General de las Cosas de Nueva España, v. III. Alejandro Valdés, Calle de Santo Domingo, Esquina de Tacuba, Mexico.
Sahagun, B.; Jourdanet, D. and Siméon, R. trans. (1880) Histoire Générale des Choses de la Nouvelle-Espagne. G. Masson, Paris.
A Book of Creatures 
So an Eel?
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If eels are beaked and boneless, I suppose!
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I’d probably eat it
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Yum.
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“Neither scaled nor boned; meat soft throughout.” If a real critter, a swimming mollusk, like a shell-less nautilus, perhaps?
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Could just simply be an octopus!
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Ridiculous. Jeez, guys! It can’t be an octopus. How could a human-sized, edible, gold-snouted, Bone-less, Mexican eagle-eel not exist??
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Could be a hagfish. That actually exists.
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True, but you’d think there would be some mention of the slime.
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More likely that it has no origin in a real animal, and is simply a mythical entity with no ‘real’ world context.
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