Because we had so enjoyed our dives at Angel City the previous day.... we returned there again for our first dive this morning.
One of our sightings was this Sharptail Eel.
If you ignore the big fin along their back and just watch the way that they swim.... they are clearly the most snakelike of the eels that we regularly see.
They are also the eel that we most often see out of their hole and swimming along the reef.
They like to swim very close to the bottom.... further enhancing their similarities to snakes.
I am kind of a bottom crawler myself.... but I can't get as low as these guys.
So, I have lots and lots of pixtures of the backs of Sharptail Eels.... as I look down from above.
I had decided some time before this particular dive.... that I didn't need anymore of those kind of shots.
If I couldn't get a different perspective.... I wouldn't trip the shutter.
I was lucky enough to see this guy coming down the shoulder of the reef from above.... and was able to position myself to get this pixture as he came around a coral head.
Handsome fellow seems to be saying: Who are you? :)
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