Sharptail Eel sex?

[KeithG]

We saw some odd behaviour the other night in Bonaire. We often see a solitary sharptail eel out hunting at night. But we have never seen a bunch of them all piled together. I counted 10 in one of my pics.

So what ARE they doing?

They do not have booze or drugs or rock & roll, so my divebuddy says this is either about food or sex. We did not see any of them eating anything...so this must be some sort of mating behaviour?

Any ideas?

 

[vincent54]

Awesome picture!!!!

 

[KeithG]

Maybe it is something in the water since last night we saw a group of trumpet fish hanging together. We often see 2 or maybe 3 hanging vertically in rope sponge, but this was about 8. This pic is not that good (my strobes disturbed them a bit), but illustrates what we saw...

 

[flyboy08]

Their unionizing.

Both awesome pictures, thanks!

 

[Lorenzoid]

Every girl's crazy 'bout a sharptailed eel.