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an eel from myrtle beach but what kind

Started by Guest_ersico_* , Apr 27 2009 12:08 PM

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#1 Guest_ersico_*

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Posted 27 April 2009 - 12:08 PM

im sure its an eel, but what kind (i think in the konger family)
caugt off second avenue pier in myrtle beach SC
water bout 65
on shrimp, (also caught on squid too)
on bottom
between 7am and 2pm (caught a few of them)
they were between 10inches to about 20 inches
thanks for the help
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any information on it would be greatly appreciated

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#2 Guest_Dustin_*

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Posted 27 April 2009 - 01:47 PM

It appears to be the good old American eel, Anguilla rostrata.

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#3 Guest_fundulus_*

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Posted 27 April 2009 - 02:07 PM

It appears to be the good old American eel, Anguilla rostrata.

Yeah, what he said.

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#4 Guest_mikez_*

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Posted 29 April 2009 - 11:23 AM

Better known in these parts as....BAIT! :cool2:

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#5 Guest_mzokan_*

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Posted 29 April 2009 - 08:04 PM

I'll disagree and call that a young Conger oceanicus

Marcus

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#6 Guest_mikez_*

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Posted 29 April 2009 - 08:38 PM

I'll disagree and call that a young Conger oceanicus

Marcus

On second look the face is odd. The small size and slender body shape threw me. They don't match typical photos showing four footers with huge fat bodies. If you look close at the above dorsal view, you can see the dorsal fin extends way further up the body than on american eel.
Still looks like bait to me.

Edited by mikez, 29 April 2009 - 08:46 PM.

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#7 Guest_mzokan_*

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Posted 29 April 2009 - 09:11 PM

On second look the face is odd. The small size and slender body shape threw me. They don't match typical photos showing four footers with huge fat bodies. If you look close at the above dorsal view, you can see the dorsal fin extends way further up the body than on american eel.
Still looks like bait to me.

Maybe bait to you, but I'd rather eat it, myself!

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#8 Guest_Carptracker_*

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Posted 30 April 2009 - 04:39 PM

Adult shrimp eel, Ophichthus gomesii

http://www.fishbase....ary.php?id=1104

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#9 Guest_Carptracker_*

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Posted 30 April 2009 - 04:40 PM

Oh, and by the way - you would not want to eat that guy, unless you really don't mind picking through spines. The bone structure is not at all like an american eel.

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#10 Guest_mzokan_*

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Posted 30 April 2009 - 06:04 PM

Yeah, I did think Ophichthus gomesi too at first glance, but changed my find after further inspection. The head and jaw shape are not right for an Ophichthus, plus the tubular nostrils would be more obvious, also the dorsal and anal fins would not wrap around the the tail tip -- it would end in a point without fin rays. So I would still go with Conger. You are right about the bones though.

Marcus

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#11 Guest_Dustin_*

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Posted 01 May 2009 - 07:55 AM

I stand correct by those with much more obvious experience with coastal species.

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#12 Guest_ersico_*

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Posted 05 May 2009 - 10:04 AM

I stand correct by those with much more obvious experience with coastal species.

thanks for everyones help. looks like conger,...funny how we were catching them and they didnt know and here its still debatable....maybe its a new species......i know....its not but that would be kinda interesting...