ID this cool creature!

This doesn't have anything to do with plants but does anybody know what this is? One of the coolest organisms I've ever seen!

 

The body appearing empty is curious but otherwise it looks like some kind of fish larva, maybe that of an eel.

http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=eel+larva&btnG=Search+Images&gbv=1

 

Hey Ron. Yeah that sounds like a reasonable assumption. The body was flat like a ribbon and transparent. Maybe eel larva? I found it on the beach in Nova Scotia. I've shown several people and have never got a definitive answer

 

This is the "glass eel" which one of the larval stages of the American eel Anguilla rostrata.

Ralph

 

Hey thanks alot Ralph. Not knowing much about sea creatures, I would have never known this was an organism in its juvenile form until Ron suggested so. It is definitely a Glass Eel. And again thanks for the ID.

 

Was that from salt water or fresh water?

Nifty little critter.

 

Hey M.D. It was from the ocean. Found in southern Nova Scotia after washing up on the beach.

 

Just to add - the natural history area is certainly open to any non-plant wild critter discussions.

 

Looks like a moray elver (bitty baby eel) to me....

 

It must be eel but don't know what type.

 

On the Labrador coast in January, I'd guess only about 1° or 2°C . . . that's certainly pretty cool! Maybe even cold!

 

Hey Michael. Yes it gets very cold here in Labrador in January. It can get down around -40 degrees celsius and thats without the wind. Just to note though, the creature wasn't found in Labrador but in Nova Scotia when I used to live there. July month I believe.