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: 
Stokes' sea snake
Species scientific name: 
Hydrophis stokesii
Date: 
September, 2018
Location: 
Western Australia
Hub imagery ID: 
3420
Habitat: 
Deep water shoal
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Caption: 
Large stokes' sea snake being weighed
Media type to be uploaded: 
still image
Attribution: 
AIMS
Credit: 
Vinay Udyawer
Contact email address: 
v.udyawer@aims.gov.au
Description: 
Stokes' sea snake captured during spotlight survey of Bassett-smith shoal. This species of sea snake is one of the largest and are known to feed on stonefish and scorpionfish.