Moray Eel - Muraenidae

Moray eel is actually a collection of many families Muraenidae daro. Moray have a very long dorsal fin. They start at the back of their heads and stretch the entire length of their bodies to join seamlessly with their anal fin and tail. Most species lack pectoral fins and pelvis. This adds to the sleekness of their bodies and contributes to their snake like appearance. Morays are usually patterned. This pattern is even found in the mouth to help camouflage them from their pesky next victim. Their eyes are rather small and round like reptiles they are so similar.

Moray still belongs to a group of fish looks like a snake though. Unlike the general shape of fish, such as moray eels that body scales are so small and elongated fins. Moray eel has a body length of 1 to 3 meters and weighs more than 36 kg. Moray longest ever found was that slender giant moray (Strophidon sathete) with a length of 4 meters. Moray lives solitary, scattered throughout the tropical waters of the world.

Moray eel spend their time hiding behind coral rocks; mostly they will just show his head while showing off his wide mouth with sharp pointy teeth so that they look creepy. With sharp teeth, the moray can cause serious injury for divers who disturb or try to play around with it. But these attacks are very rare, because they are basically animals that are not aggressive and shy animals. They are active at night in search of food such as starfish, octopus, squid and sometimes carrion food was eaten as well.

 
The uniqueness of the moray is they often co-exist with the shrimp kind of “cleansing “. They roam around the mouth and clean the mouth moray of leftovers. The shrimp eat the foods that morays leftover food does not rot teeth moray sidelines.