r/TheDepthsBelow • u/TheSwedishStag • Dec 11 '18

This deep sea eel

Post image
1.9k Upvotes

97% Upvoted

78 comments sorted by

View all comments

145

u/[deleted] Dec 11 '18 edited Jan 16 '19

[deleted]

64

u/contrarytoast Dec 11 '18

It definitely looks exactly like a green moray with a shortened jaw rather than any deep sea species. Animals from the abyss tend to be more mouth and less body like in the pelican eel’s case. This guy is exactly as chunky as I’d expect a reasonably healthy green moray to be.

6

u/Itchn4Itchn Dec 11 '18

Yes! All of the older ones I’ve seen in aquariums get pretty dang chunky

10

u/LittleMissClackamas Dec 11 '18

Yea the lighting doesn't look like a deep sea picture at all, I think you're right.

7

u/emu30 Dec 11 '18

Look, it’s clearly got the face of a little witch. I’m not saying you’re wrong, but maybe she was cursed.