Juergen Freund / Banded sea kraits (Laticauda colubrina) around the roots of mangrove tree, split level. Mali Island, Macuata Province, Fiji, South Pacific.

Claudio Contreras / Mexican / Brown Vine Snake (Oxybelis aeneus) with mouth open. Maria Madre Island, Islas Marias Biosphere Reserve, Sea of Cortez (Gulf of California), Mexico, June.

Juergen Freund / Diver holding Banded sea krait (Laticauda colubrina) South Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Close-up of a Horned sea snake (Acalyptophis peronii) resting its head on its coils. Queensland, Australia, February

Juergen Freund / Guido Westhoff spotlighting the water surface looking for sea snakes surfacing to take a breath. The snakes are being caught as part of a project to discover more about seasnake skin ultrastructure an...

Juergen Freund / Researchers Guido and Katja Westhoff with Little filesnake (Acrochordus granulatus) caught by spotlighting when the snake surfaces to take a breath. Although true sea snakes are venomous, this aquatic...

David Shale / Fangtooth (Anoplogaster cornuta) portrait, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, North Atlantic Ocean

Peter Scoones / Yellow / Goldsaddle goatfish (Parupeneus cyclostomus) hunting together with Bluefin Jacks (Caranx melampygus) and Chinese sea kraits {Laticauda semifasciata} over coral reef, Gunung Api, Banda sea, In...

Juergen Freund / Banded sea krait (Laticauda colubrina) swimming above coral reef, Pacific

David Shale / Fangtooth, bathypelagic fish (Anoplogaster cornuta), deep sea Atlantic ocean

David Shale / Deepsea fish {Stomias boa} with lure and light organs, deep sea Atlantic ocean

Fred Bavendam / Banded Sea Krait (Laticauda colubrina) hunting for small fish on the reef, Manado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia