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The common name "green moray" is also sometimes used to refer to the yellow moray, G. prasinus. Its green color comes from a protective layer of mucus secreted by its specialized goblet cells much like other species of moray. Underneath this mucus layer, the green moray eel is a darker color as can be seen in preserved specimens. [3]
Gymnothorax chilospilus Bleeker, 1864 (Lip-spot moray) Gymnothorax chlamydatus Snyder, 1908 (Banded mud moray) Gymnothorax conspersus Poey, 1867 (Saddled moray) Gymnothorax cribroris Whitley, 1932 (Sieve-patterned moray) Gymnothorax davidsmithi McCosker & J. E. Randall, 2008 (Flores mud moray) Gymnothorax dorsalis Seale, 1917
Moray eel. 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.
A dead moray eel washed ashore near Laguna ... A pair of panamic green moray eels photographed in the Sea of Cortez off La Paz, Mexico. ... Start saving early at the Coach Outlet Black Friday sale ...
Many commenters offered guesses, including conger eel, long tail moray and green moray. But Trapman Australia said the creature doesn’t coincide with accepted descriptions for any of those eel ...
Gymnothorax tamilnaduensis is a species of moray eel native to the southeast coast of India, more specifically the Bay of Bengal, on the coast of Tamil Nadu. [1] [2] [3] The body lacks any pattern of spots or stripes, and is very short compared to other morays. The first specimens of the species were collected at a depth of 25–30 meters. [4] [3]
The giant moray is carnivorous and nocturnal, hunting its prey within the reef. It is known to engage in cooperative hunting with the roving coral grouper ( Plectropomus pessuliferus ). [ 7 ] These two fish species are complementary hunters: While the eel hunts in the reef, it may scare prey up and out of the reef, leaving them to be eaten by ...
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 ...