Video: Hundreds of eels rise and disappear under the seabed

The flock of spotted eel fish appears from the sandy, flexibly bending and then abruptly dives.

The spotted eel fish rose from the bottom of the sea.

The scene of hundreds of spotlight eels rising from the bottom of the sea, curving in the water and quickly ducking into Mohamed Siraj Ahmed's camera lens at Dharavandhoo Thila, Baa Atoll, Maldives, MSN on the 15th. / 11 reported.

"They are very shy animals. As soon as you get close, they will slip into the sand and just come out when they feel safe," Ahmed said. The spotted eel can be up to 40cm long, the body is small and the head part is equal to the body.

This eel species lives in its own herds, each of which has a different number of individuals. They often occur in tropical and subtropical waters of the Indian Ocean-Pacific region, from the east coast of Africa, including the Red Sea to Polynesia, and south from Japan to New Caledonia.