A few weeks ago I saw this fella who I think is some kind of Pufferfish on the beach at Mooloolaba;




Then a couple of days ago in almost the same spot came across this scary looking guy who I'm guessing is an Eel of some kind but not sure which one? It was around 2.5 m long (my thong in photo for scale) and has some seriously wicked double row teeth. Glad I wasn't body surfing with him next to me

Common silver eel at the bottom. They were a regular in the fish traps and I sold a lot to the Sydney fish markets. They were always a pain in the arse to keep in fish boxes and we had to chase them around the decks.

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Ramona said..
Common silver eel at the bottom. They were a regular in the fish traps and I sold a lot to the Sydney fish markets. They were always a pain in the arse to keep in fish boxes and we had to chase them around the decks.

Eels are still one of the world's mysteries. www.economist.com/christmas-specials/2019/12/21/the-mysterious-life-and-times-of-eels?cid1=cust/ednew/n/bl/n/2019/12/18n/owned/n/n/nwl/n/n/AP/364218/n
Now if we can find where they spawn in our region, it could be a great new industry to meet Chinese demand.

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Ramona said..
Common silver eel at the bottom. They were a regular in the fish traps and I sold a lot to the Sydney fish markets. They were always a pain in the arse to keep in fish boxes and we had to chase them around the decks.

Eels are still one of the world's mysteries. www.economist.com/christmas-specials/2019/12/21/the-mysterious-life-and-times-of-eels?cid1=cust/ednew/n/bl/n/2019/12/18n/owned/n/n/nwl/n/n/AP/364218/n
Now if we can find where they spawn in our region, it could be a great new industry to meet Chinese demand.

The one in the photo is a marine eel, a type of Moray. The eel referred to in the article is a freshwater eel that migrates to sea to breed. We have several species in Australia The most common are the longfinned eel, they spawn in the Coral Sea and the elvers move up the rivers some as far up as the mountain headwaters and cap turn up in farm dams nowhere near the river. They can also be long lived, one species in New Zealand can live for over 100 years but once they spawn they die.