There are no sea snakes in Red Sea

Are there any dangerous creatures that live in the reef in Eilat?

Yes there are, especially those that can use their poison on a diver. Fortunately, they are always clearly visible and stationary. (Either completely static like anemone or moving very slowly like this lion fish)
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There are very poisonous sea snakes in tropical seas, but not in Eilat. This is not a sea snake. (I hope so)

It must be a snake eel. I am not a marine biologist, so I can't really tell a snake eel's mimicry from a real snake.

An adult bluespotted ribbontail ray was not afraid of me and did not try to fly away like his younger sibling did before.
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Not surprisingly - it's tail is a potent weapon.

And bigger predator fish is only dangerous to smaller fish.
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