ID this please

Cul a cnoic

Hi, this was found dead on a beach here in Donegal this evening. Is it an eel?

Thanks for looking.

dvae

id say conger eel.
fins look a bit frayed

Axe Rake

Yeah its a conger eel. Young one too

Cul a cnoic

Thanks all for your answers

stevecrow74

100% NOT a conger eel!!

pectoral fin set too far back for conger eel, plus small dorsal fin towards mid-rear of body, the shape of pectoral fin is more triangular than rounded.

at a guess i would say its a frilled shark that has been washed up and dead for some while as most of tail is missing?
but cant be sure, but I know its not a conger..
just because its long and rounded don't make it a conger!!

Cul a cnoic

stevecrow74 wrote: »

100% NOT a conger eel!!

pectoral fin set too far back for conger eel, plus small dorsal fin towards mid-rear of body, the shape of pectoral fin is more triangular than rounded.

at a guess i would say its a frilled shark that has been washed up and dead for some while as most of tail is missing?
but cant be sure, but I know its not a conger..
just because its long and rounded don't make it a conger!!

Thanks stevecrow74, I was just showing the photo to my brother-in-law and like yourself he does not believe its a conger. He has a copy of the photo and said he would come back to me with an answer as to what it may be.

thanks

viper123

stevecrow74 wrote: »

100% NOT a conger eel!!

pectoral fin set too far back for conger eel, plus small dorsal fin towards mid-rear of body, the shape of pectoral fin is more triangular than rounded.

at a guess i would say its a frilled shark that has been washed up and dead for some while as most of tail is missing?
but cant be sure, but I know its not a conger..
just because its long and rounded don't make it a conger!!

Agreed. My first impression was badly decomposed ling.

smash

Did you only get the 1 photo?

Cul a cnoic

viper123 wrote: »

Agreed. My first impression was badly decomposed ling.

Thanks

steve06 wrote: »

Did you only get the 1 photo?

it was my neighbour who found it and he took one photo only and asked me to find out what it was. I forgot to mention that it was about 450mm-500mm in length

stevecrow74

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barracudina

possible identification!!!

Rycn

stevecrow74 wrote: »

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barracudina

possible identification!!!

Looks like it alright.

Cul a cnoic

Thanks stevecrow74, you have your homework done well there and I believe you have it

fontanalis

Interesting the snout looks very long and it's fin set a bit far back for a conger.

stephendevlin

Aint no conger...

stevecrow74

Cul a cnoic wrote: »

Thanks stevecrow74, you have your homework done well there and I believe you have it

ah thanks, fishin is a little more than just a hobby, check out my signatures..

jack01986

Good shout steve it was ringing a bell with me but I couldnt put a name on it.