Project: 
Project A8 - Exploring the status of Western Australian sea snakes
Researcher email address: 
v.udyawer@aims.gov.au
Topic: 
Marine life
Species of interest in the image: 
Spotted sea snake
Species scientific name: 
Hydrophis occelatus
Date: 
September, 2018
Location: 
Western Australia
Hub imagery ID: 
3419
Habitat: 
Deep water shoal
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Caption: 
A good night's catch of sea snakes.
Media type to be uploaded: 
still image
Attribution: 
AIMS
Credit: 
Vinay Udyawer
Contact email address: 
v.udyawer@aims.gov.au
Description: 
One night's spotlighting survey of a deep water shoal resulted in 12 spotted sea snakes of varying age groups. These species are often found in deep waters and reef habitats. Little is known about their diet and data collected from these snakes will be used to understand their trophic ecology.