Eels in the Big Sur River?

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• Lamprey?
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamprey

• I have seen Eels way up in the Little Sur, past boy scout damage and everything...

• I'm mean dam, and they are lamprey..

• Great sea and sweet water fish!

• Really cool! Lamprey eels back in the Sur river. It's been awhile since I've seen such wildlife back in the river...Steelhead should follow!

• Specifically, Pacific lamprey- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_lamprey

• I think they are actually Pacific Lampreys. They migrate from the ocean to spawn and rear in the river before going to sea...just like steelhead do.

• Has anyone seen land wildlife return after the fire other than some native plant and tree sprouts?

• Wow! How cool, thanks for sharing!

• *Those look like lamprey (Lampetra tridentata) to me.*

  *But I don't know why they are upriver like that; perhaps because there is so much freshwater running,*

  *they could enter from the sea? Or they are being washed out of a freshwater source.*

  *True eels are only on the east coast and rivers of the United States.*

  *Cheers,Greg Cailliet*

  *Ichthyologist, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories*