Can't find this ugly critter in any books I have. . Stephane and I came across this on a dive in Lembeh last month. Looks as though it has been skinned alive; quite bizarre even for a snake eel!
Lembeh Enigma
Started by Cybergoldfish, Nov 20 2003 07:08 PM
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Posted 20 November 2003 - 07:08 PM
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Posted 20 November 2003 - 07:36 PM
I think it is an Henshaw's snake eel (Brachysomophis henshawi) - BUT that eye?
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Posted 20 November 2003 - 07:43 PM
It looks like a crocodile snake eel. I saw beige ones at Lembeh, and here's a link with a red headed one:
http://species.fishi...ocodilinus.html
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http://species.fishi...ocodilinus.html
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Posted 20 November 2003 - 07:54 PM
Close Marli, but as cmd says the eye is the puzzler!
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Posted 21 November 2003 - 12:27 AM
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Posted 21 November 2003 - 03:58 AM
Looks like it's made of wax and melted! 
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Posted 21 November 2003 - 05:59 AM
I don't know Bob I looked at Marli's link and I thought the eye did look similiar. Unless I need to do a massive zoom on the eye to see what is really behind the eye if you know what I mean.
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Posted 21 November 2003 - 08:33 AM
Attached is eye-shot of Brachysomophis crocodilinus (AFAIK - corrections to ID are welcome, too!) from Hawaii. So crocodile snake eel? Interesting variation in color in different areas/specimens!
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Posted 21 November 2003 - 09:12 AM
Thanks JPS - That's the baby! Interesting to see such a big variation in coloUr.
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Posted 21 November 2003 - 11:43 AM
Are you sure its not a discarded Cat's head left over from dinner??
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Posted 21 November 2003 - 11:45 AM
Nothing would surprise me in Lembeh 
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Posted 21 November 2003 - 12:03 PM
It ain't the dog that floated/bloated by the one day...and he was not dog paddling anymore.
I knew we should have taken a picture.
I knew we should have taken a picture.
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Posted 21 November 2003 - 12:08 PM
You are not encouraged to spend much time at the surface there. That's for sure. Curious, though, that you'll spend all day just 10 feet below it.
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Posted 21 November 2003 - 12:21 PM
Keep it all to ourselves that way.
The crate of ear drops makes baggage limits challenging. I wonder if Eric has factored those into the equation yet.
The crate of ear drops makes baggage limits challenging. I wonder if Eric has factored those into the equation yet.
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Posted 22 November 2003 - 11:24 AM
Hi again,
I knew I'd seen this critter, and although I love to be right with IDs, I just found a photo in Roger Steen's Coral Reefs book (p.101)...same eye, same colour, same ugly mug, and it's Brachsomophis henshawi.
Cheers,
Marli
I knew I'd seen this critter, and although I love to be right with IDs, I just found a photo in Roger Steen's Coral Reefs book (p.101)...same eye, same colour, same ugly mug, and it's Brachsomophis henshawi.
Cheers,
Marli
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