Eel Id

[Robbo851]

What type of eel is this?

 

[Fella]

A variation of a tyre track eel, mastacembalus armatus.

 

[CAC]

What size is it? (this rules out a few species to start with).
I aggree it has some of the same markings of armatus (like the X type markings along its flanks and its colours) but some other things look differant...Tyre Tracks are common too so its like to be one of those. Do you have a 180g ready?

 

[Robbo851]

not my eel, its from somebody looking to swap fish. I agree most likely somesort of tyre track eel but the markings don't look like the common ones to me

oh and it's currently about 3-4 inches head to tail

 

[Straydum]

i've never seen one like that before, definately not peacock or fire, zebra? i'd still go with it being a variation of the tire track

 

[Paul_MTS]

I'd deffinatelty say the Armatus tyre track eel, the markings a lilte weak but the head shape is deffinately there.

Check out this topic with some pictures of my old tyre track eels.

http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showto...16&start=16