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Re: Monkey faced eel.
From:
Wayne & Rita McKenzie <[log in to unmask]>
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SouthEast US Scuba Diving Travel list <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Sun, 10 Feb 2002 17:08:43 -0800
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At 11:23 AM 2/10/02 -0800, you wrote:
>Viv asked for a Monkey eel site.... a week or so ago.
>
>I have been looking for Monkey faced eel on the web.
>
>I found one photo on google.com photos -- search for "monkey faced eel"
>
>also found:
>"Monkey-faced eels are abundant here but often go unnoticed. Their distorted
>faces are a bit grotesque but, nonetheless, interesting to photograph.
>Monkey-faced eels are not true eels but are members of the prickleback
>family."
>
>Also the Monterey Bay Aquarium has a site:
>
>http://www.mbayaq.org/efc/living_species/default.asp?hOri=0
>
>once there you need to search for "eel."
>
>Notice the wolf eel also - those are seen on dives around Carmel/Pebble
>Beach.

And off the B.C. coast. Have never seen a monkey facew eel though.

Wayne McKenzie
Vancouver Island, British Columbia
RV Char-0147            mailto:[log in to unmask]

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