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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.
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 .
Gymnothorax fimbriatus is a medium-sized moray which can reach a maximum length of 80 centimetres (31 in). [2] Its serpentine in shape body has a white cream to light brown background color dotted with numerous black spots which latter vary in size and shape depending on the individual and maturity.
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.
The background body color is brown speckled in a relatively high density with darker spots. This moray is easily identifiable by the large irregular black patch mark (hence the common name of blackcheek moray eel) starting from the eye and finishing in the corner of the mouth. Otherwise, its anal orifice and its gills aperture are black.
The peppered moray was named and described by Solander in an unpublished manuscript. Richardson said the fish might be Muraena siderea. Richardson later proved the fish was different by pointing out the difference in coloration. When the names were published as separate species, it was unknown if they were really different species.
Uropterygius xenodontus is a moray eel found in coral reefs in the Pacific Ocean. [2] It is commonly known as the black snake moray, [2] strange-toothed snake moray, or the wedge-tooth snake moray. [3]
Subfamily Uropterygiinae Fowler, 1925 (tailfin moray eels) Subfamily Muraeninae Rafinesque, 1815 (morays) Infraorder Congrales. Family Colocongridae Smith, 1976 (shorttail eels) Family Derichthyidae Gill, 1884 (longneck eels or narrowneck eels) Family Ophichthidae Günther, 1870 (snake eels and worm eels) Subfamily Myrophinae Kaup, 1856 (worm eels)