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Blue Ribbon Eel

Rhinomuraena quaesita

Description:

A beautiful Eel species, always being targeted by Aquarium fish smuggler or trader.

Habitat:

Coastal reef top , crests with clear water, from 5 to 50 meter deep.

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23 Comments

Caleb Steindel
Caleb Steindel 10 years ago

looks like he has a cold/..

LarryGraziano
LarryGraziano 11 years ago

Great SOTD Shauming!

KathleenYap
KathleenYap 11 years ago

Fascinating! Thank you for sharing :)

Ismael Chaves
Ismael Chaves 11 years ago

Amazing

Carol Milne
Carol Milne 11 years ago

Congratulations on this amazing eel. So beautiful and great series.

Fyn  Kynd
Fyn Kynd 11 years ago

Awesome spot! Congrats!

Josh Asel
Josh Asel 11 years ago

very nice congrats!

Reza Hashemizadeh
Reza Hashemizadeh 11 years ago

Congratulations Shauming !

NuwanChathuranga
NuwanChathuranga 11 years ago

Congratulations Shauming!

tibiprada
tibiprada 11 years ago

Awesome indeed ... Happy SOTD!

Great capture ShaumingLo,congrats on the SOTD,thanks for sharing such a beautiful spotting page

ShaumingLo
ShaumingLo 11 years ago

Thanks for all the kind words, it is about 1.5 cm body diameter and about 3 feet long when matured LaurenRarate.

HemantKumar
HemantKumar 11 years ago

congratulations beautiful spotting n shot

LaurenZarate
LaurenZarate 11 years ago

Remarkable creature and beautiful pictures! Congratulations. How big is it?

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 11 years ago

Well deserved congrats Shauming

Sachin Zaveri
Sachin Zaveri 11 years ago

Congrats Shauming!

Adarsha B S
Adarsha B S 11 years ago

Congrats Shauming!

Scott Frazier
Scott Frazier 11 years ago

Congratulations on your SOTD, Shauming!

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 11 years ago

Congrats Shauming!

LeanneGardner
LeanneGardner 11 years ago

Congratulations Shauming!

KarenL
KarenL 11 years ago

Congratulations Shauming! This fabulous series has earned you spotting of the day.

Blue ribbon eels are hermaphrodites, with males changing color from blue to yellow as they reverse sex to become females.

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Gerardo Aizpuru
Gerardo Aizpuru 11 years ago

Wonderful series :)

OnengDyah
OnengDyah 11 years ago

Pretty..and nice color..

ShaumingLo
Spotted by
ShaumingLo

East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia

Spotted on Dec 9, 2004
Submitted on Feb 3, 2013

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