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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.
They are the only species of moray eel found off California, and one of the few examples of a subtropical moray. They typically occupy boulder or cobble habitats up to 40 m in depth. [ 3 ] They can attain lengths of about 5 ft (1.52 m) and are believed to live for upwards of 22–26 years. [ 4 ]
The Marshall Islands moray (Gymnothorax marshallensis) is a moray eel found in coral reefs in the western Pacific Ocean. [2] It was first named by Schultz in 1953, [2 ...
The moray eel will likely consume very small fish such as damselfish. Compatible tankmates for the snowflake moray eel include other relatively large, aggressive fish, such as lionfish , tangs , triggerfish , wrasses , and possibly even other snowflake moray eels if they are both introduced to the tank at the same time. [ 12 ]
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 ...
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 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.
The leopard moray eel, tiger moray eel or dragon moray (Enchelycore pardalis), is a species of moray eel. [ 1 ] The leopard moray eel is widespread throughout the Indo-Pacific oceans from Réunion to the Hawaiian , Line and Society Islands , north to southern Japan , southern Korea , and south to New Caledonia .