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The moray eel's elongation is due to an increase in the number of vertebrae, rather than a lengthening of each individual vertebra or a substantial decrease in body depth. [29] Vertebrae have been added asynchronously between the pre-tail ("precaudal") and tail ("caudal") regions, unlike other groups of eels such as Ophicthids and Congrids. [30]
The Kidako moray generally has large and uniserial teeth except for small specimens. It has six large teeth on the peripheral part of the inter-maxillary segment with the smallest pair at the most anatomical position. Others include 1 to 3 tiny flanking teeth, 3 long median teeth, and 8 to 16 maxillary teeth. However, the size decreases ...
The chain moray is an elongated, heavy, eel-like fish that commonly grows to a length of about 30 to 45 cm (12 to 18 in). The head has a rounded snout and pointed, blunt teeth, especially on the roof of the mouth. These teeth are used to crush the shells of crabs, their main source of food.
A dead moray eel washed ashore near Laguna Niguel over the weekend, creeping out beachgoers. An 'Alien'-like marine creature washed ashore near Laguna Niguel over the weekend Skip to main content
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 ]
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.
Gymnothorax polyuranodon, commonly known as the freshwater moray, is a species of moray eel that is native to the Indo-Pacific region, including Sri Lanka, the Philippines, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, the northern coastline of Australia, and various islands in the western Pacific. Other common names include the many-toothed moray, spotted ...
The Marshall Islands moray (Gymnothorax marshallensis) is a moray eel found in coral reefs in the western Pacific Ocean. [2] It was first named by Schultz in 1953, [2 ...