Size: 1.5 to 4 ft.
ID: Speckled with dark brown blotches all over pale
body
Class: Actinopterygii / Ray-finned fishes
Order: Anguilliformes / Anguilliform
eels
Family: Muraenidae / Moray eels
Genus Species: Gymnothorax moringa / Spotted
Moray
Habitat: shallow reefs, rocky crevasses, grass beds
Typical food: mostly fishes, some octopuses
Other information: open and close mouth for respiration;
shy and
hide in crevasses during the day and feed at night in the open
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