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Banded Snake Eel - Leiuranus semicinctus White with brown to black (usually encircling) bars occasionally with black spots between; overhanging snout, small pectoral fins.<br />
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Banded Snake Eel - Leiuranus semicinctus

White with brown to black (usually encircling) bars occasionally with black spots between; overhanging snout, small pectoral fins.

The picture shows a juvenile with bands of yellow.

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The saddled snake-eel is an eel in the family Ophichthidae. It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the Indo-Pacific and southeastern Atlantic Ocean, including East and South Africa, the Hawaiian Islands, the Marquesan Islands, the Mangaréva islands, Japan, and Australia.

Similar species: Eels
Species identified by Albert Kang
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By Albert Kang

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Uploaded Jun 28, 2020. Captured Aug 10, 2019 19:12.
  • TG-5
  • f/4.5
  • 1/200s
  • ISO200
  • 9.61mm