 southern stingray |
 spotted eagle ray |
 spotted eagle ray |
Two rays are often seen on Bonaire: the southern stingray and the spotted eagle ray. Sometimes I see them in the distance, floating by. Impossible to follow or to get close. Other times they are on the reef, looking for food. Or, like the stingray, resting on the sand bottom. Then I can approach them. If I get too close, they swim away. But sometimes they stop and turn around. “Who are you, chasing me?” they seem to ask.
March 2016.
 spotted eagle ray |
I saw this spotted eagle ray with an unusual pattern.
And in the same dive a southern stingray |
 southern stingray |
Eels
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- purplemouth moray
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- goldentail moray
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- goldentail moray, variety
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- goldentail moray, light
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- green moray
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- green moray
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- green moray
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- green moray and banded coral schrimp
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- spotted moray
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- spotted moray
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- sharptail eel
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- garden eel
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- chain moray
Morays and eels usually hide in holes or sand. Seeing a big green moray swimming to me is quite exciting. The garden eels disappear very fast, they are very shy.
The goldentail moray is often seen with other fishes.
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- french angelfish, young and goldentail moray
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- greater soapfish and goldentail moray
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- coney and goldentail moray
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- goldentail en chain moray
