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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.
Family Muraenidae Rafinesque, 1815 (moray eels) 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 ...
Muraena is a genus of twelve species of large eels in the family Muraenidae.. This genus is common in the Mediterranean, and is abundantly represented in tropical and subtropical seas, especially in rocky parts or on coral reefs.
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).
According to some studies, the Muraenidae family originated 34 to 54 million years ago in the Pacific Ocean. [5] There are approximately 200 species of moray eels split across 16 genera globally. Some species of moray eels are commonly served as a delicacy in various countries such as Portugal, Japan, and Vietnam. [12]
The barred moray (Echidna polyzona), also known as the banded moray, the dark-banded eel, the girdled moray, the girdled reef eel, the many banded moray eel, the ringed moray, the ringed reef moray, the striped moray and the zebra eel, [3]) is a moray eel of the family Muraenidae. [4]
The yellow-edged moray, also known as yellow-margin(ed) moray, leopard moray, and speckled moray, (Gymnothorax flavimarginatus) [1] [3] is a moray eel of the family Muraenidae, found in the Indo-Pacific Oceans at depths to 150 m (500 ft).
Muraena argus, commonly known as the white-spotted moray, or the Argus moray, [3] is a moray eel found in coral reefs from Mexico to Peru and around the Galápagos Islands. [4] It was described by Franz Steindachner in 1870, originally under the genus Gymnothorax. [4] It dwells at a depth range of 18 to 60 metres (59 to 197 ft).