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AT A GLANCECommon Name: Barnes’ Garden EelScientific Name: Gorgasia barnesiCategory: FishSubcategory: EelsSize: Total body length: 28–39 in (70–100 cm); Body diameter: 0.3–0.5 in (8–13 mm)Weight: 1.5–3.2 oz (45–90 g)Lifespan: 8–15 years in stable coastal...
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OverviewThe Snowflake Moray (Echidna nebulosa), also widely celebrated in marine biology and the public aquarium world as the Clouded Moray or Starry Eel, is an extraordinarily attractive, medium-sized marine anguilliform fish belonging to the moray eel family...
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OverviewThe Ribbon Eel (Rhinomuraena quaesita), also celebrated worldwide as the Ribbon Moray or Leaf-nosed Moray Eel, is an extraordinarily striking, highly specialized marine anguilliform fish belonging to the family Muraenidae. Occupying its own monotypic genus...
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OverviewThe European Conger (Conger conger) is a colossal, muscular marine teleost belonging to the conger eel family Congridae, reigning as the heaviest and most powerful eel on Earth. Dominating the rugged submarine cliffs, deep shipwrecks, and boulder caves of the...
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AT A GLANCECommon Name: Green Moray EelScientific Name: Gymnothorax funebrisCategory: FishSubcategory: EelsSize: Length: 1.8–2.3 m (5.9–7.5 ft); exceptional specimens reach 2.5 m (8.2 ft)Weight: 13–29 kg (29–64 lb); maximum verified record up to 30 kg (66 lb)Lifespan:...
Fish > Eels
AT A GLANCECommon Name: Reticulated MorayScientific Name: Muraena retiferaCategory: FishSubcategory: EelsSize: Total length: 24.0–35.4 in (60–90 cm)Weight: 2.2–5.5 lb (1.0–2.5 kg)Lifespan: 15–25 years in rocky reef habitatsDiet: Carnivore / Ambush Predator (crabs,...
