{"id":60,"date":"2015-04-27T15:16:15","date_gmt":"2015-04-27T15:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bicamsoft.nl\/mieke\/?page_id=60"},"modified":"2018-02-08T21:37:54","modified_gmt":"2018-02-08T21:37:54","slug":"eels-rays","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bicamsoft.nl\/mieke\/index.php\/fish\/eels-rays\/","title":{"rendered":"Eels &#038; Rays"},"content":{"rendered":"<table style=\"height: 32px;\" width=\"842\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_103\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bicamsoft.nl\/mieke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/southern-stingray-05.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-103\" class=\"wp-image-103 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/bicamsoft.nl\/mieke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/southern-stingray-05-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"southern stingray\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bicamsoft.nl\/mieke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/southern-stingray-05-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bicamsoft.nl\/mieke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/southern-stingray-05-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bicamsoft.nl\/mieke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/southern-stingray-05.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-103\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">southern stingray<\/p><\/div><\/td>\n<td>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_104\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bicamsoft.nl\/mieke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/spotted-eagle-ray-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-104\" class=\"wp-image-104 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/bicamsoft.nl\/mieke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/spotted-eagle-ray-01-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"spotted eagle ray \" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bicamsoft.nl\/mieke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/spotted-eagle-ray-01-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bicamsoft.nl\/mieke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/spotted-eagle-ray-01-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bicamsoft.nl\/mieke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/spotted-eagle-ray-01.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-104\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">spotted eagle ray<\/p><\/div><\/td>\n<td>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_105\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bicamsoft.nl\/mieke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/spotted-eagle-ray-14.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-105\" class=\"wp-image-105 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/bicamsoft.nl\/mieke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/spotted-eagle-ray-14-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"spotted eagle ray \" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bicamsoft.nl\/mieke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/spotted-eagle-ray-14-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bicamsoft.nl\/mieke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/spotted-eagle-ray-14-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bicamsoft.nl\/mieke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/spotted-eagle-ray-14.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-105\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">spotted eagle ray<\/p><\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Two rays are often seen on Bonaire: the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Southern_stingray\">southern stingray<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Spotted_eagle_ray\">spotted eagle ray<\/a>. Sometimes I see them in the distance, floating by. Impossible to follow or to get close. Other times they are on the reef, looking for food. Or, like the stingray, resting on the sand bottom. Then I can approach them. If I get too close, they swim away. But sometimes they stop and turn around. &#8220;Who are you, chasing me?&#8221; they seem to ask.<\/p>\n<p>March 2016.<\/p>\n<table style=\"height: 196px;\" width=\"824\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_1089\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1089\" class=\"wp-image-1089 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/bicamsoft.nl\/mieke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/spotted-eagle-ray-16-04-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"spotted eagle ray\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1089\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">spotted eagle ray<\/p><\/div><\/td>\n<td>I saw this spotted eagle ray with an unusual pattern.<\/p>\n<p>And in the same dive a southern stingray<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_1098\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1098\" class=\"wp-image-1098 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/bicamsoft.nl\/mieke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/southern-stingray-16-01-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"southern stingray\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1098\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">southern stingray<\/p><\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Eels<\/p>\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"psgal_wrap\">\n\t\t\t<div id=\"psgal_60_1\" data-psgal_id=\"60_1\" data-psgal_container_id=\"container_60_1\" data-psgal_thumbnail_width=\"150\" data-psgal_use_masonary=\"0\" class=\"psgal-inline psgal gallery-columns-5 gallery-size-thumbnail use_masonry_ show_captions_1\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"msnry_items\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" style=\"width:150px;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/bicamsoft.nl\/mieke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/purplemouth-moray-11.jpg\" itemprop=\"contentUrl\" data-size=\"1200x900\" data-caption=\"purplemouth moray\" style=\"height:105px;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"msnry_thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/bicamsoft.nl\/mieke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/purplemouth-moray-11.jpg\" itemprop=\"thumbnail\" alt=\"Gymnothorax vicinus\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"photoswipe-gallery-caption\" style=\" \">purplemouth moray<\/figcaption>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"msnry_items\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" style=\"width:150px;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/bicamsoft.nl\/mieke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/goldentail-moray-16.jpg\" itemprop=\"contentUrl\" data-size=\"1200x900\" data-caption=\"goldentail moray\" style=\"height:105px;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"msnry_thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/bicamsoft.nl\/mieke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/goldentail-moray-16.jpg\" itemprop=\"thumbnail\" alt=\"Gymnothorax miliaris\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"photoswipe-gallery-caption\" style=\" \">goldentail moray<\/figcaption>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"msnry_items\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" style=\"width:150px;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/bicamsoft.nl\/mieke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/goldentail-moray-07.jpg\" itemprop=\"contentUrl\" data-size=\"877x875\" data-caption=\"goldentail moray, variety\" style=\"height:140px;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"msnry_thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/bicamsoft.nl\/mieke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/goldentail-moray-07.jpg\" itemprop=\"thumbnail\" alt=\"Gymnothorax miliaris\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"photoswipe-gallery-caption\" style=\" \">goldentail moray, variety<\/figcaption>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"msnry_items\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" style=\"width:150px;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/bicamsoft.nl\/mieke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/goldentail-moray-16-03.jpg\" itemprop=\"contentUrl\" data-size=\"1200x1145\" data-caption=\"goldentail moray, light\" style=\"height:133.46666666667px;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"msnry_thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/bicamsoft.nl\/mieke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/goldentail-moray-16-03.jpg\" itemprop=\"thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"photoswipe-gallery-caption\" style=\" \">goldentail moray, light<\/figcaption>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"msnry_items\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" style=\"width:150px;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/bicamsoft.nl\/mieke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/green-moray-16-12.jpg\" itemprop=\"contentUrl\" data-size=\"1200x900\" data-caption=\"green moray\" style=\"height:105px;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"msnry_thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/bicamsoft.nl\/mieke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/green-moray-16-12.jpg\" itemprop=\"thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"photoswipe-gallery-caption\" style=\" \">green moray<\/figcaption>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"msnry_items\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" style=\"width:150px;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/bicamsoft.nl\/mieke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/green-moray-08.jpg\" itemprop=\"contentUrl\" data-size=\"1200x900\" data-caption=\"green moray\" style=\"height:105px;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"msnry_thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/bicamsoft.nl\/mieke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/green-moray-08.jpg\" itemprop=\"thumbnail\" alt=\"Gymnothorax funebris\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"photoswipe-gallery-caption\" style=\" \">green moray<\/figcaption>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"msnry_items\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" style=\"width:150px;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/bicamsoft.nl\/mieke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/green-moray-02.jpg\" itemprop=\"contentUrl\" data-size=\"1200x900\" data-caption=\"green moray\" style=\"height:105px;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"msnry_thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/bicamsoft.nl\/mieke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/green-moray-02.jpg\" itemprop=\"thumbnail\" alt=\"Gymnothorax funebris\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"photoswipe-gallery-caption\" style=\" \">green moray<\/figcaption>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"msnry_items\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" style=\"width:150px;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/bicamsoft.nl\/mieke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/green-moray-en-banded-schrimp2.jpg\" itemprop=\"contentUrl\" data-size=\"1200x1600\" data-caption=\"green moray and banded coral schrimp\" style=\"height:186.66666666667px;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"msnry_thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/bicamsoft.nl\/mieke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/green-moray-en-banded-schrimp2.jpg\" itemprop=\"thumbnail\" alt=\"Gymnothorax funebris, Stenopus hispidus\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"photoswipe-gallery-caption\" style=\" \">green moray and banded coral schrimp<\/figcaption>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"msnry_items\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" style=\"width:150px;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/bicamsoft.nl\/mieke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/spotted-moray-14.jpg\" itemprop=\"contentUrl\" data-size=\"1200x900\" data-caption=\"spotted moray \" style=\"height:105px;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"msnry_thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/bicamsoft.nl\/mieke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/spotted-moray-14.jpg\" itemprop=\"thumbnail\" alt=\"Gymnothorax moringa\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"photoswipe-gallery-caption\" style=\" \">spotted moray <\/figcaption>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"msnry_items\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" style=\"width:150px;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/bicamsoft.nl\/mieke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/spotted-moray-12.jpg\" itemprop=\"contentUrl\" data-size=\"1200x900\" data-caption=\"spotted moray \" style=\"height:105px;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"msnry_thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/bicamsoft.nl\/mieke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/spotted-moray-12.jpg\" itemprop=\"thumbnail\" alt=\"Gymnothorax moringa\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"photoswipe-gallery-caption\" style=\" \">spotted moray <\/figcaption>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"msnry_items\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" style=\"width:150px;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/bicamsoft.nl\/mieke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/sharptail-eel-02.jpg\" itemprop=\"contentUrl\" data-size=\"1200x669\" data-caption=\"sharptail eel\" style=\"height:77.933333333333px;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"msnry_thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/bicamsoft.nl\/mieke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/sharptail-eel-02.jpg\" itemprop=\"thumbnail\" alt=\"Myrichthys breviceps\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"photoswipe-gallery-caption\" style=\" \">sharptail eel<\/figcaption>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"msnry_items\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" style=\"width:150px;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/bicamsoft.nl\/mieke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/garden-eel.jpg\" itemprop=\"contentUrl\" data-size=\"1200x900\" data-caption=\"garden eel\" style=\"height:105px;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"msnry_thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/bicamsoft.nl\/mieke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/garden-eel.jpg\" itemprop=\"thumbnail\" alt=\"Heteroconger luteolus\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"photoswipe-gallery-caption\" style=\" \">garden eel<\/figcaption>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"msnry_items\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" style=\"width:150px;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/bicamsoft.nl\/mieke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/chain-moray-16-02.jpg\" itemprop=\"contentUrl\" data-size=\"1200x900\" data-caption=\"chain moray\" style=\"height:105px;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"msnry_thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/bicamsoft.nl\/mieke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/chain-moray-16-02.jpg\" itemprop=\"thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"photoswipe-gallery-caption\" style=\" \">chain moray<\/figcaption>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div style='clear:both'><\/div>\n\n<p>Morays and eels usually hide in holes or sand. Seeing a big green moray swimming to me is quite exciting. The garden eels disappear very fast, they are very shy.<br \/>\nThe <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Goldentail_moray_eel\">goldentail moray<\/a> is often seen with other fishes.<\/p>\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"psgal_wrap\">\n\t\t\t<div id=\"psgal_60_2\" data-psgal_id=\"60_2\" data-psgal_container_id=\"container_60_2\" data-psgal_thumbnail_width=\"150\" data-psgal_use_masonary=\"0\" class=\"psgal-inline psgal gallery-columns-5 gallery-size-thumbnail use_masonry_ show_captions_1\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"msnry_items\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" style=\"width:150px;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/bicamsoft.nl\/mieke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/french-angel-y-en-goldentail-moray.jpg\" itemprop=\"contentUrl\" data-size=\"881x1227\" data-caption=\"french angelfish, young and goldentail moray\" style=\"height:195.3488372093px;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"msnry_thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/bicamsoft.nl\/mieke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/french-angel-y-en-goldentail-moray.jpg\" itemprop=\"thumbnail\" alt=\"Gymnothorax miliaris, Pomacanthus paru\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"photoswipe-gallery-caption\" style=\" \">french angelfish, young and goldentail moray<\/figcaption>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"msnry_items\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" style=\"width:150px;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/bicamsoft.nl\/mieke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/greater-soapfish-04.jpg\" itemprop=\"contentUrl\" data-size=\"1200x900\" data-caption=\"greater soapfish and goldentail moray\" style=\"height:105px;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"msnry_thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/bicamsoft.nl\/mieke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/greater-soapfish-04.jpg\" itemprop=\"thumbnail\" alt=\"Rypticus saponaceus, Gymnothorax miliaris\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"photoswipe-gallery-caption\" style=\" \">greater soapfish and goldentail moray<\/figcaption>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"msnry_items\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" style=\"width:150px;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/bicamsoft.nl\/mieke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/coney-en-goldentail-moray.jpg\" itemprop=\"contentUrl\" data-size=\"1153x1108\" data-caption=\"coney and goldentail moray\" style=\"height:134.4px;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"msnry_thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/bicamsoft.nl\/mieke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/coney-en-goldentail-moray.jpg\" itemprop=\"thumbnail\" alt=\"Cephalopholis fulvus, Gymnothorax miliaris\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"photoswipe-gallery-caption\" style=\" \">coney and goldentail moray<\/figcaption>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"msnry_items\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" style=\"width:150px;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/bicamsoft.nl\/mieke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/goldentail-en-chain-moray.jpg\" itemprop=\"contentUrl\" data-size=\"1200x666\" data-caption=\"goldentail en chain moray\" style=\"height:77.933333333333px;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"msnry_thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/bicamsoft.nl\/mieke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/goldentail-en-chain-moray.jpg\" itemprop=\"thumbnail\" alt=\"Gymnothorax miliaris, Echidna catenata\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"photoswipe-gallery-caption\" style=\" \">goldentail en chain moray<\/figcaption>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div style='clear:both'><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two rays are often seen on Bonaire: the southern stingray and the spotted eagle ray. Sometimes I see them in the distance, floating by. Impossible to follow or to get close. Other times they are on the reef, looking for food. Or, like the stingray, resting on the sand bottom. Then I can approach them. &#8230; <span class=\"more\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/bicamsoft.nl\/mieke\/index.php\/fish\/eels-rays\/\">[Read more&#8230;]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":20,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["entry","page","publish","author-mieke","post-60"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bicamsoft.nl\/mieke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/60","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bicamsoft.nl\/mieke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bicamsoft.nl\/mieke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bicamsoft.nl\/mieke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bicamsoft.nl\/mieke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/bicamsoft.nl\/mieke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/60\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1467,"href":"https:\/\/bicamsoft.nl\/mieke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/60\/revisions\/1467"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bicamsoft.nl\/mieke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bicamsoft.nl\/mieke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}