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  2. Giant moray - Wikipedia

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    As the name suggests, the giant moray is a large eel, reaching up to a little over 3m (10 feet) in length and 30 kg (66 lb) in weight. [3] Its elongated body is brownish in color. While juveniles are tan in color with large black spots, adults have black specks that grade into leopard-like spots behind the head. [4]

  3. Moray eel - Wikipedia

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    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 .

  4. Mediterranean moray - Wikipedia

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    The Mediterranean moray has an elongated, eel-like body and can reach a length of 1.5 metres (4 ft 11 in) and weigh over 15 kilograms. Its coloration varies from dark grey to dark brown with fine dark spots.

  5. Kidako moray - Wikipedia

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    However, moray eel attacks are rare as it is mainly due to misunderstanding when divers carry out reckless acts of placing their hand into a hole in the reef. [4] Some species of the moray eels are also able to cause wounds. Three similar cases were found during research of moray eels, and the common facts between those three were that all ...

  6. Slender giant moray - Wikipedia

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    The slender giant moray or Gangetic moray, Strophidon sathete, is the longest member of the family of moray eels. It is in the genus Strophidon . The longest recorded specimen was caught in 1927, on the Maroochy River in Queensland ; it measured 3.94 metres (12 feet 11 inches) [ 1 ] [ 2 ] This species is characterized by an elongated body, as ...

  7. Spotted moray - Wikipedia

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    Other common names include conger, spotted eel, red moray, speckled moray, white cong, white jawed moray, white-chinned moray and white-jawed moray eel. Spotted eels have a long snake-like body, white or pale yellow in general with small overlapping reddish brown to dark-brown spots. They are commonly 60 cm (24 in) in length and can grow up to ...

  8. Echidna nocturna - Wikipedia

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    Echidna nocturna has a long snake-like body with an average vertebral count of 120.4 vertebrae. [4] The average length of an adult eel is 48.26 cm. [3] Juveniles range in size from 8.52 cm to 35.48 cm with the average length being 22 cm. [5] They weigh between 1.12g and 296.1 g with the average weight being 49.62 grams. [5]

  9. Snowflake moray - Wikipedia

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    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 ).