What the heck is this?

[nomadofthehills]

My friend pulled it out of a lake in jersey...

Looks morayish to me, but this is a freshwater lake! To add to the confusion, he has seen about 15 or so of these guys!

Any clue guys?

We are 99% sure its not an American eel.

Best bet so far:

Graboid tongue.

 

[satanpie]

hmmmm

 

[Marinemom]

Not sure. Looks to be some kind of eel?

Marinemom

 

[Inka4040]

Can you post more pictures of it? A clearer shot of the head and body areas would be great. Looks like it could be an american eel, but maybe with a slighly deformed head. They do make the treck from salt to fresh and back during their lifetimes, so it's not that wierd to find one in a lake. The pond near my parents house in Westchester NY has a pretty big eel population. (based on the one time a friend and I saw a MASS eel exodus while sitting under and overpass drinking beers (don't ask).

 

[Reddog80p]

crazy!!!!

 

[RichardA]

Okay....shared this with a friend....we have looked it over.

Looks like:

No gills
No fins

that would make this a caecilian and a not so uncommon find during this time of year.

Really need a good head shot to narrow this down.......cant make out enough features in that pic for a good hard ID.

 

[FireDancer7905]

Ewwww!!!!!!! Good luck with the id! btw, love the Tremors shot!

 

[DAVIDFBT]

It does kind of look like a caecilian...

 

[cam191919]

caecilians barely have eyes. thats a fish. probably exotic

 

[SchizotypalVamp]

http://www.gymnophiona.org/database/typhlonectidae/typhlonectes/natans/Typhlonectes1.jpg

Rubber Eel?