Eel like Creature

my friend sent me a pic of this creature washed ashore... i thought it must have been some type of eel. although i cant find anything beyond that. and maybe its not even an eel.

This was seen in Puerto Vallarta

Wow. Looks big, too. Maybe a goblin shark that has been finned? Just a guess.

Even mega-rare deep water sharks get finned these days!

Alex

its so sad what people will do to rare animals. Its hard to tell what it is more specifically i wish i would have seen it that might have given me a better idea at if it is a ghost shark or not.

Looks like a snake eel. Spoon-nosed, perhaps?

ooh i agree with that, looked it up on fishbase and that seems to be the closest thing ive seen yet too it

i would have also said snake eel

Yeah, snake-eel much more likely. Although less exciting!

Alex

You should send the photo to the tabloids and let them run wild with another "sea monster" story. Remember the dead dog or seal that became the "Montauk Monster" a few years ago?

yeah haha, a quick photoshop of something like a super tiny ruler and this things 8 feet long! haah