Snake or Fish !!!

[ashifu]

anyone know what this is?

[Bluenoser]

Some type of eel.

[law4mary]

I'd say that is definitely an eel - I hope it is a native species! Looks scary.

[Wooglah]

Anyway... do you have exif and specific question, or you just wanted to share... there is a section for that also...

[OsmosisStudios]

scary

(yes, that's enough of a response, DPSforums...)

[jprime84]

I see gills, so fish!

[xxpinballxx]

Look around the web its some type of Ribbon Fish......but its got no teeth and I beleive they all do.
The skin looks like snake pattern to a certain extent but still its not a snake of anykind....not an eel.
Doesn't have any characteristics of an eel except the long snake like body. Eels do have gills but very small...they absorb most of their oxygen through their skin.
Interesting find...where was this shot? Or are you just finding the pic and want to know what it is?
Is it your shot?

[Murtasma]

Originally Posted by xxpinballxx

Look around the web its some type of Ribbon Fish......but its got no teeth and I beleive they all do.
The skin looks like snake pattern to a certain extent but still its not a snake of anykind....not an eel.
Doesn't have any characteristics of an eel except the long snake like body. Eels do have gills but very small...they absorb most of their oxygen through their skin.
Interesting find...where was this shot? Or are you just finding the pic and want to know what it is?
Is it your shot?

I never knew you knew so much about Eels.

[xxpinballxx]

Danny, when you spend 18 years of your life sick and most of it notworking you learn alot....about alot!
You should see when I watch jeopardy! I'd audition but i know my personality wouldn't fit....

[jprime84]

i dont think this is it because the mouth lookds different and its smaller, but I am on the right track.

Polypterus palmas palmas (aka) Shortfin bichir
http://www.fishbase.org/summary/Spec...ry.php?id=2386


I am almost certain it is some type of bichir, maybe a "mottled bichir"