Napoleon snake eel, Ophichthus bonaparti. The snake usually spends its time in a burrow, but here it is hunting for food over the black sand. Photogra

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Napoleon snake eel, Ophichthus bonaparti. The snake usually spends its time in a burrow, but here it is hunting for food over the black sand. Photographed off Halmahera, Maluku Islands, Indonesia

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Keywords: banded, barred, biology, bonaparti, bottom, eel, fish, halmahera, head, individual, indonesia, islands, maluku, napoleon, ophichthus, ophtichthidae, saddled, sand, snake, striped, underwater, zoology