Sometimes mistaken for swaying seagrass, these small eels live in colonies that can reach over a thousand individuals. Each eel has its own burrow in the sand that it seldom leaves.

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Garden Eels

A large, friendly and curious fellow. The potato cods are rare but territorial, thus quite easy to find once located. They seem to chill out at the same place, getting cleaned by wrasses. One of the potato cods on the barrier reef was so large it was nicknamed VW Beetle.

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Potato Cod

Endemic to the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, the bluecheek butterflyfish is one of the few species of fish that have long-term mates.