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Napoleon Snake Eel

Ophichthus bonaparti

Description:

Usually seen with its head portruding from the sandy bottom as shown in this picture while it waits for its prey to swim by.

Habitat:

Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, usually seen on coastal sand and rubble

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25 Comments (1–25)

AlbertKang
AlbertKang 10 years ago

Thanks, @mauna :)

mauna Kunzah
mauna Kunzah 10 years ago

Wow!

AlbertKang
AlbertKang 10 years ago

Thanks, @Reza :)

Reza Hashemizadeh
Reza Hashemizadeh 10 years ago

Congrats on yet another well deserved SotD !

AlbertKang
AlbertKang 10 years ago

Thanks, @Antonio & @medusasnakes123 :)

medusasnakes123
medusasnakes123 10 years ago

Great picture and congrats on the SOTD!!!!

Another great spotting Albert,congrats on the SOTD and thanks for sharing

AlbertKang
AlbertKang 10 years ago

Thanks, @Ashley & @EnvUnlimited :)

AshleyT
AshleyT 10 years ago

Congrats again Albert, no surprise you keep getting SOTD with all these fantastic underwater photos! Keep them coming :)

AlbertKang
AlbertKang 10 years ago

Thanks, @Tiz and @venusflytrap2000 :)

Caleb Steindel
Caleb Steindel 10 years ago

massive congrats on your SOTD albert! Amazing spotting!@

Tiz
Tiz 10 years ago

Congratulations Albert for this amazing photo and SOTD :)

Tina

AlbertKang
AlbertKang 10 years ago

Thanks, @KarenL for another SOTD :)

Thanks for your kind words and encouragement, @Gilma, glad you enjoyed my spottings :)

Thanks too to all of you, @Tom15, @Mark, @Viv, @Sachin and @Bhagya :)

Bhagya Herath
Bhagya Herath 10 years ago

wow !!! great spotting Congratulations.....

Sachin Zaveri
Sachin Zaveri 10 years ago

Congratulations Albert !!

VivBraznell
VivBraznell 10 years ago

Congratulations on the SOTD Albert!

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 10 years ago

Congratulations Albert. That head sticking out certainly brings on a smile.

Tom15
Tom15 10 years ago

Congrats Albert on another great spotting!

Congratulations, on the SOTD, AlbertKang
Like I said before all your spottings are to me "Spotting's Of My Day"
Thank you so much for sharing... : )

KarenL
KarenL 10 years ago

Congrats Albert, and thanks for sharing more of your wonderful underwater encounters!

A Napoleon snake eel lies still on the seabed waiting to ambush its prey in our Spotting of the Day.

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AlbertKang
AlbertKang 10 years ago

Thanks, @Jolly :)

Jolly Ibañez
Jolly Ibañez 10 years ago

Nice shot Albert. Beautiful

AlbertKang
AlbertKang 10 years ago

Thanks, @Mark & Gilma :)

Beautiful!!

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 10 years ago

What a great photo.

AlbertKang
Spotted by
AlbertKang

Batangas, Philippines

Spotted on May 9, 2013
Submitted on Mar 31, 2014

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