zig zag eels

[bathawk]

Are zig zag marbelled eels and zig zag yellow tail eels the same fish ?

 

[tlindsey]

Are zig zag marbelled eels and zig zag yellow tail eels the same fish ?

Fish Tank Travis
SharptoothBass

 

[bathawk]

dose the above mean they are different

 

[Fish Tank Travis]

I am not really sure. I do not know much about those types of spiny eels.

 

[thefredpit]

dose the above mean they are different

he was just bringing this thread to the attention of people who might know

 

[thefredpit]

my understanding is the zig zag yellow tail eel is Macrognathus pancalus which max out around 8" and zig zag marbled eel is just a common name for the regular zig zag eel which is Mastacembelus armatus which max out around 36"

 

[bathawk]

ok so there are 2 types of zig zag eel

 

[thefredpit]

there are actually a couple sometimes labeled or mislabeled zig zag that is the big problem with common names, sometimes drastically differently sized and behaving fish can be called the same thing. An example would be the "Burmese Tire Track eel" I bought that ended up being a Black Spotted Eel

 

[Jakobythebichir]

How do you tell if you have a true zig zag? I have what was labeled as a zig zag, he's about the same size as my senegal bichir right now so like 7 inches. Saw a tire track in the store yesterday which was visibly different looking than mine, but I've heard they can look totally different but not be true zig zags

 

[kno4te]

There are some overlap but should be noticeably different. This happens when stressed.