Eel?

[Bry17nyc]

So I went to a beach and as always I go and explore/lift rocks and search in litle puddles left by the low tides
I find a bunch of crabs, fish and shrimps but this time I found something that seems to be a eel?

Which kind is that
I want info about it since I didn't even know there were eels around these beaches in NYC

Sorry for the bad pic but I had to put it in a bottle to take a better pic since it was kind of hard trying to catch it

 

[skene]

could be some type of eel or even a goby. need a better pic of it not in a bottle for a better id.

could even be an American Eel.. Anguilla rostrata

 

[Bry17nyc]

I researched about it and it seems like its the American eel

What are the pros and cons of having it in a Refugium?

 

[thirty6]

Is your fuge covered? Id think it could get out easily, how'd you catch it in water. I have hard enough time catching stuff in a tank

 

[Bry17nyc]

Is your fuge covered? Id think it could get out easily, how'd you catch it in water. I have hard enough time catching stuff in a tank

Not its not covered
The eel is about 5 inches long very thin. I was looking around in those puddles that the low tide leave behind
Lifting rocks etc.. It was very shallow so It was kind of easy

 

[thirty6]

Cool find is it in fuge now?

 

[Bry17nyc]

The bad part is that I wanted to find out about it before putting in
I had put it in a container with wholes and he scraped through one lol
But it's cool

 

[SavasZinon]

The eel you have is a conger eel, it is closely related to the freshwater cousin the american eel.
http://njscuba.net/biology/sw_fish_bottom.html#CongerEel
I have seen a few but never that small, what a cute baby

 

[skene]

Doubt that is a conger eel... as it says in the description... the American Eel has a protruding jaw.. which is shown in the picture, as opposed to a longer upper snout.

Also be that as it may... the American Eel is found in both FW and Brackish/SW which would be considered in the LI Sound.

 

[SavasZinon]

ahh, that is correct i did not pay attention to the protruding jaw, but both are commonly found in the long island sound.

 

[SavasZinon]

Bry17nyc, did you ever see anything else? I do that do by the beach i go to, and I've seen northern lined seahorses (only a few) and many pipefish.