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Posted By MAUIreefannie 1 year, 3 months ago in NewsThey are incredibly shy and really cute! The Hawaiian garden eel or, Puhi in Hawaiian, is an eel who prefers to hide in sandy substrates 35-175 feet deep. They are a light, greenish grey with small brownish yellow spots. Their bodies are extremely elongate and can reach a length of about 2 feet. These beauties are zooplankton eaters who prefer to feed diurnally. I have not seen them as a diver, but know many divers who have had the pleasure of sneaking up on them while doing the ' belly crawl' in order to obtain the valuable photo. The above picture was taken off Kona, and as you can see, they live in large colonies, but if they become aware of the diver, or SNUBA person, they will quickly retract, tail first and disappear. According to Dr. Randall, these eels may well be endemic to Hawaii. There is a well known colony that lives outside Molokini, one off Lana' i, and yet another off Olowalu, just to name a few.
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