As you can see by comparing this with the previous picture, the (non-poisonous) saddled snake eel's defense from predators is that it looks just like the (poisonous) banded sea snake. Below its body, all the black stripes connect, giving away it's true nature.

6/24/05 9:22:45 AM
Country: Indonesia
Area/City: Lembeh
Dive Site: Hairball 2
Speed: 1/100 sec
Apature: f8.0
ISO: 64
Focal length: 21.3 mm (103 mm eq.)
Flash On at -2