Sharptail Eel sex?

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KeithG

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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?

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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...
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Their unionizing.

Both awesome pictures, thanks!
 
Every girl's crazy 'bout a sharptailed eel.

 
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