Given the question: Pick one category for the following text. The options are - company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work. Monkeyface prickleback - The Monkeyface Prickleback (Cebidichthys violaceus) also commonly known as the Monkeyface eel is a species of prickleback native to the Pacific coast of North America. Despite being commonly called an eel due to its body shape it does not fall into the fish order Anguilliformes with true eels but the Perciformes along with most bony fishes.
The answer is:
Animal