Snake/Eel ID needed

[BIGgourami]

sorry to bust on anyone who still cares about this thread, it's like 6 mo. old now but that its definately an ell, you see the swelling around the 'neck' region, that's it's gills, VLDesign i'm usually with you on stuff but you are soooo wrong here.
i still stand by my guess of golden tulip moray.

 

[serafino]

I agree with BIGgourami. Its definitely not a sea snake. For a couple of reasons the swelling around the neck as mentioned. Someone else has one! Also sea snakes I agree with BIGgourami. Its definitely not a sea snake. For a couple of reasons the swelling around the neck as mentioned. There are 17 types of sea snakes and none of them have any of the phenotypes that one does. Its definitely an eel of some sort.

 

[Tulip_Sniper]

i agree with guppy looks like a Moringua raitaborua aka Purple Spaghetti-eel
http://animal-world.com/encyclo/fresh/Eels/Images/PurpleSpaghetti(Paddletail)EelWFE_Ap4C.jpg

 

[ladyshark]

Its got that thicker area just behind its head (sorry don't know what its called, but its how eels breathe). My guess is a dwarf golden eel?? It definitely looks like a younster. Cool fish!

 

[young_skywalker]

it's definitely an eel but I don't think it's a dwarf the golden dwarves only get about 12" and it looked bigger than that in the pic. how big is it exactly?

looks like Muraenichthys tasmaniensis to me (tasmanian golden eel)