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Spotted Garden Eel  (Heteroconger hassi)

is a small species of conger eel found in shallowish Indo-Pacific waters. This species is widely known for its burrows, as large groups of up to a few thousand eels will burrow into the bottom of a reef or coral cluster and sit in their small sandy homes with their mouths pointed towards the current in the hopes of catching any zooplankton that may swim by.

Phylogeny

Animalia-Chordata-Actinopterygii-Anguilliformes-Congridae-Heteroconger-hassi

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Garden Eel  My face in the morning

Photographer: Rivo Malonda

Source: Underwater Macro Photographers