This is the smallest Whitemouth Moray Eel I’ve seen here. It was in a hole in the rock high up in the water so I could get quite close. I’ve taken a lot of eel photos over the years and I thought, even as I took these photos, it would be ironic if this little eel shot out and was the first one to bite me. Happily, it remained where it was, next to a Red Pencil Urchin, which gives a sense of scale.
Graham's Island 
What great pictures!
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Glad you liked them Julia.
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That is small. I did laugh at the thought of it zooming out and biting you. That would still hurt a lot
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Yes, it would hurt. I like in these photos that you can see the teeth. Some eels have an extra row down the center of the mouth!
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That is a please don’t bite
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Wow, such a great, natural composition. You could print a book of your favourite underwater photos.
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Thanks Karen. I doubt I’ll ever do a book, but I have several hanging on the wall, which I enjoy looking at.
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What lovely colouring. You can understand why he’s hiding behind that orange plant.
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He’s not really hiding. Eels spend a good deal of time poking out from holes like this, I think to snag passing prey!
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Sneeky
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