And indeed those little rods are cleaning thoroughly
the tank of anything which moves and is small enough
to be swallowed! When I netted them in the surf they
were transparent and nearly invisible. In the tank
they got darker, with transparent visceral wall...one
can see very well the vascularization....
--- Bruce Stallsmith <fundulus-in-hotmail.com> wrote:
> Yes, I'd say that you found young eels just in from
> the Sargasso Sea. Eels
> are nothing if not voracious,-in-any age.
>
> --Bruce Stallsmith
> the tropical Tennessee Valley
> Huntsville, AL, US of A
>
> >From: pinocchio "" <antilupa-in-yahoo.com>
> >Reply-To: nanfa-l-in-nanfa.org
> >To: nanfa-l-in-nanfa.org
> >Subject: NANFA-L-- larva ID- [was pipefishes in the
> Chesapeake Bay]
> >Date: Sat, 1 Jul 2006 07:46:15 -0700 (PDT)
> >
> >Hello hello,
> >No it is not about pipefishes. I tried 3-4 times
> to
> >locate on my own some collecting spots, but no
> success
> >as yet. I will try again in the fall, before I'll
> let
> >you Gentlemen know of some reliable spots.
> >
> >Here is another question:
> >Lately, I did some surf casting on Assateague
> Island
> >and besides some fish that does not fit a normal
> sized
> >aquarium, I also captured some larvae with a small
> >hand net. Those little larvae were quite common
> this
> >time of the year. Took some home and they live very
> >well between macroalgae. Very voracious, hunting
> >amphipods and little planaria like (nudibranchs?)
> >worms. Are those creatures Anguilla larvae,
> reaching
> >the Atlantic coast all the way from Sargasso Sea or
> >something else? I can take more pictures if needed.
> >
> >Any comments will be appreciated.
> >Here is a temporary link:
> >http://www.2ba2.com/eel/eel.htm
> >
> >Thank you
> >sorin
>
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