Anyone know what this is?
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Looking down on a goatfish. The two stickey-outies in the front are the barbels it uses to dig for tasty critters in the sand. Probably Mulloidichthys flavolineatus, seen here:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mulloidichthys_flavolineatus_.jpg
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Sorry it is the snake, first time I`ve posted an image and I got it wrong
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Actually, the goatfish will blow up so I can see it. I can't see the snake at all. Try it the way you did the first one. Also, where did you see it, and when?
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I would say that the Goat Fish is a Mullus surmuletus or
File:Mullus surmuletus1001.jpg - Wikimedia Commons.
They are very common in the mediterrean sea.
But this was not the question so:
Yosmite-Sam, please upload a better, bigger photo from the "snake" and where you photographed her.
I doubt that it's a snake because she is on the bottom and sea snakes are mostly encountered swimming on the surface so i guess that it's some kind of conger or moray eel. But never say never....
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File:Mullus surmuletus1001.jpg - Wikimedia Commons.
They are very common in the mediterrean sea.
But this was not the question so:
Yosmite-Sam, please upload a better, bigger photo from the "snake" and where you photographed her.
I doubt that it's a snake because she is on the bottom and sea snakes are mostly encountered swimming on the surface so i guess that it's some kind of conger or moray eel. But never say never....
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scottfiji
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I can't see the snake, it's probably a snake eel
Troutmaster
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The bottom picture is a fish. (Did you want something more specific?)
The one in the top photo apprears to be a spotted snake eel. Very common and often seen working around in the coral rubble during the day.
aku321
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They appear to be two small pictures.
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