Hairtail snakeblenny/Xiphasia setifer

4116 - Hairtail snakeblenny - Xiphasia setifer - 53cm

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Mainit Muck/Mabini (Anilao)/Philippines - South China Sea

Normally just one inch of the head poking out of the sand. When slowly approached it left the burrow on two occassions, rather than retreat, which is when I took this shot.

Photographer: Bart Hazes