Title

Spotted snake eel

Caption

Spotted snake eel (Myrichthys maculosus) crawls over sandy seabed sniffs searches feels for prey in sandy seabed with tactile organs on head, Indian Ocean, Mascarene Islands, Mauritius, Africa

Date

May 10, 2023

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Frank Schneider

Reference

BRK23D09_141

Model release

No

Property release

NA

License type

Royalty free

Available size

52,4Mb (3,4Mb) / 17,5in x 11,6in / 5239 x 3493 (300dpi)

Keywords

Actinopterygii Africa Anguilliforme Anguilliformes Bony fish Bony fishes East Africa Eastern Africa Fish Indian Ocean Mauritius Myrichthys maculosus No People Ophichthidae Osteichthyes Pisces Ray-finned fish Ray-finned fishes Republic of Mauritius Spotted snake eel Underwater scene animal behavior animal behaviour animal of prey animals of prey behavior behaviour bottom capture catch catches crawl crawling deserted eat empty feed feeding feel feeling forage foraging foraging for food ground grounds hunting food ingestion look for looking for looking for food no one nobody ocean floor prey prey animal preying preys sand sea sea bottom sea floor seabed search search for food searches searching searching for food sense snake eel snake eels sniff sniffing under water underwater underwater photo underwater photos underwater shot underwater world underwater worlds uninhabited worm eel animal feed animal feeds fodder food ocean oceans sandy