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Highfin snake eel (Ophichthus melanochir) Kareko Batu, Lembeh. Highfin snake eel,Ophichthus altipennis Click/tap to enlarge Country intro

Highfin snake eel (Ophichthus melanochir)

Kareko Batu, Lembeh.

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  1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
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    It's things like this why I'm afraid to touch the bottom of any waters :) Posted 7 years ago
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      Seriously! Gives me the creeps! Posted 7 years ago
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        Whitemargin Stargazer Seen in Cabilao, Philippines (2012). Photo by Mark Bockstael (my husband).<br /> ..A monster from the abyss... It can grow to 27 cm(10 3/4 in.). White to pale gray with reddish brown to charcoal spots, also blotches and reticulations. Large rounded head with upturned mouth. Small eyes. It typically buries on the sand with only the eyes and the mouth exposed and ambushes its prey camouflaged in this way.<br /> Habitat: Solitary, bury in sand. Coastal waters in 5 to at least 50 m. Asian Pacific. Fall,Geotagged,Philippines,Uranoscopus sulphureus,Whitemargin stargazer
         Posted 7 years ago
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          Saw more of these two..they will come later on ;-) Posted 7 years ago
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            Great, I actually think they are super cool! ....to see on a photo ;) Posted 7 years ago
            1. View Christine Young's profile
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              hehe Posted 7 years ago
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              I have pics with the whole body out of the sand :-) Posted 7 years ago
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                Where ;) Posted 7 years ago
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                  In Lembeh, but in posterior dives. I will post them eventually, I am going a bit by date and dive site order to search IDs and posting. :-) Posted 7 years ago
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                    I totally understand, I also prefer to share in order of date taken, it's a good system! Posted 7 years ago
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        They look scary but are actually not dangerous to us :-) Posted 7 years ago
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      Well, shoot - I was going to say how adorable it is. Am I weird, lol ;P

      Totally wouldn't want to step on this guy though.       Posted 7 years ago
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        It would probably retreat in the sand before you can even touch it :-)
        There are other fishes and critters much more dangerous. I will be posting some of them :-)         Posted 7 years ago
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          Love ALL of your spottings! They are so beautiful and astounding in their diversity. LOVE. Posted 7 years ago
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            Thank you so much Christine! I also love yours, you have a keen eye for beautiful details :-) Posted 7 years ago
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              Thanks :) Posted 7 years ago

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The Highfin snake eel

The highfin snake eel is an eel in the family Ophichthidae. It was described by Johann Jakob Kaup in 1856, originally under the genus ''Microdonophis''. It is a marine, tropical eel known from the eastern Indian Ocean and northwestern and western central Pacific Ocean, including Australia, French Polynesia, Indonesia, Japan, the Marshall Islands, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Papua New Guinea. It dwells at a depth range of 0 to 40 m , and forms burrows in soft inshore sand sediments. Males.. more

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Uploaded Jul 4, 2018. Captured May 14, 2018 02:59.
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  • TG-5
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  • 1/200s
  • ISO500
  • 18mm

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