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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 fangtooth moray is distinctive for its bright yellow head with elongated jaws, which are filled with a large number of long "glasslike" teeth. The body is moderate to dark brown in color with pale spots on the body and fins. The dorsal and anal fins are fused with the caudal and covered with thick skin.
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.
Scuticaria tigrina is a moray eel found in coral reefs in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. [3] It is commonly known as the tiger reef-eel, tiger snake moray, tiger moray eel, tiger moray, tiger eel, spotted eel, or the spotted snake moray. [3]
Monopenchelys acuta, the redface moray or redface eel, [3] is a species of saltwater eel, the only member of the genus Monopenchelys of the Muraenidae family. It is found in the Atlantic, the eastern Pacific, and the western Indian Ocean. Its length is up to 209 mm (8.2 in). [4]
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 .
Echidna leucotaenia, the whiteface moray, also known as the white-banded moray eel, [2] is a moray eel (family Muraenidae). [3] It was described by Schultz in 1943. [4] It is a tropical, marine and freshwater eel which is known from the Indo-Pacific, including East Africa, the Line Islands, the Tuamotu Islands, and Johnston Island.