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Sharptail Eel

Myrichthys breviceps

Photo by LivanEscudero
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Habitat:

Along the coasts of the Caribbean sea, on sea grass beds and on reefs. Mainly night active, they may also be seen foraging during daylight.

Notes:

Enjoyed watching this guy forage about the shallow gravelly / algae beach.

Reference Links:

Myrichthys breviceps - Wikipedia

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Comments (4)
LivanEscudero
Yes, this eel is underwater. Not very deep; it was hunting among the pebbles and algae in a very shallow beach. I’ll try to add a video soon.
cole24
Is this eel not under water? I honistly thought that all eels had to stay under water. Now I think I now nothing about eels.
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PublishedMay 4, 2019

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