Eel ID

itsfreakingmatt · 08/13/2012, 08:15 AM

I bought an Eel at the LFS a few weeks ago and i am not sure what kind of eel he is. They called him a nocturna eel but i have looked all over the internet and i cant find anything about a nocturna eel. I have been looking for a while and cant figure out what kind he is. If any one can has any idea that would be amazing, thanks.
Here is the video,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfUMsYwvkOk&feature=plcp

LukFox · 08/13/2012, 04:24 PM

Well they probably mean Echidna nocturna, but the face isn't right and the alignment of the spots is wrong. Your eel has random spots, E. nocturna's spots has order. So I would say it is not a nocturna eel...

itsfreakingmatt · 08/14/2012, 03:44 PM

Yea the Nocturna on DD has a short rounded face and my eel has a long face like a fimbriated. His eyes are also a blueish color and the one on dd has yellow eyes.

08/13/2012, 08:15 AM	#1
itsfreakingmatt Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: New Jersey Posts: 60	Eel ID I bought an Eel at the LFS a few weeks ago and i am not sure what kind of eel he is. They called him a nocturna eel but i have looked all over the internet and i cant find anything about a nocturna eel. I have been looking for a while and cant figure out what kind he is. If any one can has any idea that would be amazing, thanks. Here is the video, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfUMsYwvkOk&feature=plcp

08/13/2012, 04:24 PM	#2
LukFox Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Los Gatos, CA Posts: 3,502	Well they probably mean Echidna nocturna, but the face isn't right and the alignment of the spots is wrong. Your eel has random spots, E. nocturna's spots has order. So I would say it is not a nocturna eel... __________________ Alexa

08/14/2012, 03:44 PM	#3
itsfreakingmatt Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: New Jersey Posts: 60	Yea the Nocturna on DD has a short rounded face and my eel has a long face like a fimbriated. His eyes are also a blueish color and the one on dd has yellow eyes.