More beach stuff
- Thread starter Landshark
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ckyevanjay
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wicked
playaperro
El Pirata
Looks dead to me. Mature Conger eel I would guess...
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Landshark
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Yeah, it's definately dead. Damn thing was bobbing in the surf with its head pointing up slightly out of the water looking very alive. Nobody wanted to go swimming! I watched it for a while before I pulled it on shore. The thing that puzzles me is the wide head. Most of the photos I look at have longer pointed jaws,
Landshark
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I like looking at everything on the beach, dead or alive! I hate to see dead dolphins or sea lions, but they've always been there. The thing that bothers me is this year we've been finding dead sea turtles. In the past we would find one every now & then, but this year we've found 7 or 8. A few years back one built a nest in the yard and the eggs hatched a couple months later. Wasn't there but saw the pics and heard the story. It was very cool. Hope there will be some left to come back and build another nest.
ckyevanjay
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i snapped a pic of a dead baby dolphin that washed up a in feb last year. crazy to see that type of stuff up close and in person. im just used to dead fish washing up thats about it. I saw a cedo video on youtube where a large squid washed up and they were playing with it.
Given the decomposition, can't say for certain, but it looks to me like an Argus Moray eel or one of the related species. Check this link, you'll agree.
Argus Moray Eel fish pictures and species identification
[url]http://www.mexfish.com/fish/morays/morays.htm
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Argus Moray Eel fish pictures and species identification
[url]http://www.mexfish.com/fish/morays/morays.htm
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Thank Gene Kira. Probably the most knowledgeable Mexican fish guy out there. Years of labor have gone into that site. I, as a few others here, have contributed to Gene's site over the years.
It's an excellent knowledge base!!
