Talk:Brachysomophis cirrocheilos

A fact from Brachysomophis cirrocheilos appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 13 May 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the stargazer snake eel sometimes has a shrimp perched on its head?

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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 04:26, 10 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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... that the stargazer snake eel sometimes has a shrimp perched on its head?

Reviewed: Canopy Group

5x expanded by Cwmhiraeth (talk). Self-nominated at 09:34, 4 May 2021 (UTC).[reply]

starting review--Kev min § 14:56, 4 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Article expansion new enough and long enough. All pose is cited with hook cited and verified to reliable sourcing. Main page appropriate image in article if wanted. No policy issues or pov issues identified in prose, and no copyvio issues detected. looks good to go.--Kev min § 15:23, 4 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Discrepancy between text and picture[edit]

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Text	Picture
The two pairs of nostrils are very close together	Very not close together
The eyes are rather small and are on the flat, dorsal part of the head rather than on the sides.	Not really small. Very much on the sides.
There are numerous barbels on both upper and lower lips.	Barbels not visible, but still may be present.

So... either the text is mistaken, or the picture is not a stargazer snake eel. -- 4.79.216.130 (talk) 18:09, 13 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I disagree. The text description is referenced to two reliable sources. It is difficult to discern what is what in the image, but there are lots of protuberances on the lips, and although one pair of nostrils is easily discernible, the other is not so clear. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 19:20, 13 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Featured picture scheduled for POTD[edit]

Hello! This is to let editors know that the featured picture File:Stargazer snake eel (Brachysomophis cirrocheilos) (14419490013).jpg, which is used in this article, has been selected as the English Wikipedia's picture of the day (POTD) for August 4, 2021. A preview of the POTD is displayed below and can be edited at Template:POTD/2021-08-04. For the greater benefit of readers, any potential improvements or maintenance that could benefit the quality of this article should be done before its scheduled appearance on the Main Page. If you have any concerns, please place a message at Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day. Thank you! Cwmhiraeth (talk) 10:57, 22 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Brachysomophis cirrocheilos, the stargazer snake eel, is a marine fish belonging to the family Ophichthidae. It is native to shallow tropical and subtropical waters in the western Indo-Pacific region. It hunts at night for crustaceans and small fish, after which it submerges itself into the sediment tail first and remains there all day, with just its eyes and the top of its head projecting, as seen here in Batangas Bay in the Philippines.

Photograph credit: Rickard Zerpe

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