Image: Head of a Common Pike Eel caught at Lake Curalo
Description
The head of a 1.4 m long (4.7 kg) Common Pike Eel caught in a mesh net by a commercial fisher, Lake Curalo, New South Wales, May 2004.
- Photographer:
- Ian Merrington
- Rights:
- © Ian Merrington @ DPI Fisheries
- Common name:
- Common Pike Eel
- Scientific name:
- Muraenesox bagio
- Family:
- Muraenesocidae
- Order:
- Angilliformes
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Common Pike Eel caught at Lake Curalo View full size
Ian Merrington
© Ian Merrington, DPI Fisheries
Vomerine teeth of a Common Pike Eel View full size
Ian Merrington
© Ian Merrington, DPI Fisheries
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