Bonaire Critter - What is it?

[BFRedrocks]

Any thoughts? Shallow dive area (sand patch obviously) at either Country Garden or Jeff Davis Memorial dive site (can't remember which).

 

[Got2Go]

Short tail snake eel?
Do you have a profile pic?

 

[tursiops]

size?

 

[agilis]

Sand Moray

 

[redacted]

The trailer for Tremors 4.

 

[BFRedrocks]

size?

Head was about 2 to 3 inches across. I have no idea how much was buried in the sand, although the only part exposed was its head. Only other picture I have is this one:

Someone suggested (and I am tending to agree) that it's a Snapper Eel (Echiophis punctifer)

 

[agilis]

Gymnothorax ocellatus, Sand Moray. They often burrow in search of crustaceans, found more in bays and estuaries than on reefs.

 

[scubadada]

I would have guessed Spotted Spoon-Nose Eel. They have one or two teeth protruding from the roof of their mouth