Water-Captured Sea Eel (122): Snake Eel (7) - Snow Flower Snake Eel (Ambon)
Snow Snake Eelalso known asStripe-tailed Sea EelCloud Pattern Sea EelSpotted Sea EelZebra Sea EelSnow Sea EelMoney Eel...names are too many.
Taken on 2 March 2020 at the waters of Amed, Indonesia
Snow Snake EelFeatures: Snake-like body, length 0.5-1 meter, laterally flattened tail, body pattern of white spots like snow, black spots like clouds. Short blunt mouth, white or gray. Fore and aft nostrils and the eye tapers are yellow; two rows of about 23-27 black star-shaped markings on the side of the body.
Snow Snake EelPrimarily inhabit tropical coral reef caves and rock crevices…
Snow Snake EelValue: Relatively slender and colorful, rarely used for consumption, but more for ornamental breeding purposes.
Photographed in the waters of Amed, Indonesia, Amed'sSnow Snake EelThere are still quite a few, you can almost see them in every dive's deep shadow.
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