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Gymnothorax melatremus, the blackspot moray, dirty yellow moray or dwarf moray, is a moray eel from the Indo-Pacific East Africa to the Marquesas and Mangaréva, north to the Hawaiian Islands, south to the Australs islands. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade but still being rare to find.
The goldentail moray is a medium-sized fish that can reach a maximum length of 70 cm, but the ones usually observed are rather average 40 cm in length. [3] [4] Its serpentine in shape body has a brown light or dark background color dotted with small yellow spots. These later are smaller on the head and larger at the tail.
Moray eels, or Muraenidae (/ ˈ m ɒr eɪ, m ə ˈ r eɪ /), are a family of eels whose members are found worldwide. There are approximately 200 species in 15 genera which are almost exclusively marine , but several species are regularly seen in brackish water , and a few are found in fresh water .
Dragon moray eel: Enchelycore pardalis: No: A fish eater that will eat anything it can fit in its mouth. When available is typically quite expensive [62] 92 cm (36.2 in) Golden dwarf eel: Gymnothorax melatremus: Yes: Rarely available, among the smallest of the moray eels: 26 cm (10.2 in) Golden moray eel: Gymnothorax miliaris: May eat fish and ...
The moray eel will likely consume very small fish such as damselfish. Compatible tankmates for the snowflake moray eel include other relatively large, aggressive fish, such as lionfish, tangs, triggerfish, wrasses, and possibly even other snowflake moray eels if they are both introduced to the tank at the same time. [12]
Anarchias seychellensis is a moray eel found in coral reefs in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. [2] It was first named by J. L. B. Smith Smith in 1962, [ 2 ] and is commonly known as the Seychelles moray or the marbled reef-eel .
The starry moray is a large sized fish that can reach a maximum length of 180 cm, but the ones usually observed are rather smaller. [2] Its serpentine in shape body has a brown background color dotted with small white spots circled with darker brown than its background color.
Gymnothorax rueppelliae is a pale grey to greyish-brown moray with 16–21 dark bars on the body, a bright yellow head and a dark spot at the corner of the mouth. [4] [5] [6] They differ from the Gymnothorax pikei, a close relative that lives Papua New Guinea. [7] They have fewer vomerine teeth. [7] They also reach a maximum length of 80 cm. [8]