Shorthead Worm Eel at Wapengo, NSW
Identification history
| Unidentified | 25 Oct 2018 | narelle |
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User's notes
At first I thought it was an eel lbut it's different..It's nose and mouth looks like a minature shark..My friend suggested a garfish, but it has no spike.
1 comment
KerriLee
wrote:
28 Sep 2019
It is indeed a type of eel, Narelle. It's nocturnal and lives buried in soft sediments such as beach sands or estuaries. Here's some more information, including photos of living fish:
Clavelina pseudobaudinensis
Clavelina pseudobaudinensis
Location information
- Coordinates 150.030581-36.612256
- Places Wapengo, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 - 3 Abundance
- 24 Oct 2018 09:42 AM Recorded on
- narelle Recorded by
Additional information
- less than 1m Depth of sighting
Species information
- Scolecenchelys breviceps Scientific name
- Shorthead Worm Eel Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-Invasive
- Machine learning
- External link More information
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Confirmed by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
- Description
- Additional attributes
