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The common name "green moray" is also sometimes used to refer to the yellow moray, G. prasinus. Its green color comes from a protective layer of mucus secreted by its specialized goblet cells much like other species of moray. Underneath this mucus layer, the green moray eel is a darker color as can be seen in preserved specimens. [3]
English: A free swimming Green Moray Eel (Gymnothorax funebris) with diver, Cozumel, Mexico. Italiano : Una murena verde ( Gymnothorax funebris ), Cozumel , Messico . Magyar : Szabadon úszó jávai szirti muréna (Gymnothorax javanicus) egy búvárral a mexikói Cozumel szigetnél
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.
A dead moray eel washed ashore near Laguna Niguel over the weekend, creeping out beachgoers. ... A pair of panamic green moray eels photographed in the Sea of Cortez off La Paz, Mexico.
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.
The photos had racked up 1,350 reactions and comments as of Jan. 8, ... Many commenters offered guesses, including conger eel, long tail moray and green moray. But Trapman Australia said the ...
Gymnothorax chilospilus Bleeker, 1864 (Lip-spot moray) Gymnothorax chlamydatus Snyder, 1908 (Banded mud moray) Gymnothorax conspersus Poey, 1867 (Saddled moray) Gymnothorax cribroris Whitley, 1932 (Sieve-patterned moray) Gymnothorax davidsmithi McCosker & J. E. Randall, 2008 (Flores mud moray) Gymnothorax dorsalis Seale, 1917
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.