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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.
The brown-spotted moray (Gymnothorax fuscomaculatus) is a moray eel found in coral reefs in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. [2] It was first named by Schultz in 1953 [ 2 ] and is also commonly known as the freckled moray .
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 blackedge moray eel (Gymnothorax nigromarginatus) is a moray eel found in coral reefs in the western Atlantic Ocean. [2] It was first named by Charles Frédéric Girard in 1858. [ 2 ] [ 3 ]
Gymnothorax ocellatus is a moray eel found in coral reefs in the western Atlantic Ocean. [2] It was first named by Louis Agassiz in 1831, [ 2 ] and is also commonly known as the blackedge moray , Caribbean ocellated moray , conger , ocellated moray , spotted moray , sawtooth moray , white-spotted moray , or yellow cong .
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 undulated eel and several other species of eels (puhi) are featured in many Hawaiian stories as common ʻaumakua, thought to be ancestors protecting families. [5]This eel is known as laumilo or "milo leaf" from the way it swims similar to blown leaves of the milo tree, it itself is considered a guardian for the tree according to the Kumulipo.
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).