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5-Headed Snake Eel! This Spotted Snake Eels seems to enjoy sharing their home. Maldives,Myrichthys maculosus,Snake Ell,Spotted Snake Eel Click/tap to enlarge PromotedCountry intro

5-Headed Snake Eel!

This Spotted Snake Eels seems to enjoy sharing their home.

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  1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
    Ferdy Christant
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    haha the one upside down. The cats of the sea. Posted 5 years ago
    1. View Christine Young's profile
      Christine Young
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      Lol, I was thinking the same thing! Posted 5 years ago
      1. View Albert Kang's profile
        Albert Kang
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        Yes, it was quite funny to watch them during the dives, cos being snake eels, they keeps opening/closing their mouth constantly, I believe to pass water through their gills to breath. Posted 5 years ago

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The Tiger Snake Eel

''Myrichthys maculosus'', commonly known as the tiger snake eel, the ocellate snake eel or the spotted snake eel, is a species of fish in the family Ophichthidae, native to the Indo-Pacific. It is occasionally encountered in the aquarium trade. It grows to a length of 1 m .

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Uploaded Jul 4, 2020. Captured Apr 3, 2019 20:00.
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  • TG-4
  • f/6.3
  • 1/200s
  • ISO400
  • 18mm