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The California moray (Gymnothorax mordax) is a moray eel of the family Muraenidae, found in the eastern Pacific from just north of Santa Barbara to Santa Maria Bay in Baja California. [2] They are the only species of moray eel found off California, and one of the few examples of a subtropical moray.
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.
The panamic green moray eel (Gymnothorax castaneus) is a large moray eel in the Pacific. [2] Common names also include chestnut moray eel. The panamic green moray is found in the Pacific from the Gulf of California to Ecuador, including the Galapagos Islands. [3] It grows to about 1.5 m in length, [3] and is brown to brownish green.
Gymnothorax eurygnathos is a moray eel found in the eastern central Pacific Ocean, around the Gulf of California. [2] It was first named by Eugenia B. Böhlke in 2001. [ 2 ]
Echidna nocturna is a moray eel found in the eastern Pacific Ocean, in the Gulf of California and around Peru and the Galapagos Islands. [1] It was first named by Cope in 1872, [1] and is commonly known as the freckled moray or the palenose moray. [2] It was discovered that Echidna nocturna and Muraena acutis are the same species. [3]
Gymnothorax equatorialis is a moray eel found in the eastern Pacific Ocean, from the Gulf of California to Peru. [2] It was first named by Hildebrand in 1946, [ 2 ] and is commonly known as the spotted-tail moray or the spottail moray .
The white-edged moray [2] (Gymnothorax verrilli) is a moray eel found in the eastern central Pacific Ocean, from Panama to Baja California. [3] It lives on shallow-water sandy and muddy bottoms, and can grow to 43 cm (17 in) length.
The snowflake moray (Echidna nebulosa), also known as the clouded moray among many vernacular names, is a species of marine eel of the family Muraenidae. [3] It has blunt teeth ideal for its diet of crustaceans, a trait it shares with the zebra moray ( Gymnomuraena zebra ).