Moray Eel Images Collection

Moray eel images -  Moray eels or Muraenidae are a family of cosmopolitan eels. The approximately 200 species in 15 genera are almost exclusively marine, but several species are regularly seen in brackish water, and very few are found in fresh water. (Wikipedia)

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Moray Eel Images

Muraena helena showing typical moray eel morphology: robust anguilliform shape, lack of pectoral fins and circular gill openings

By Drow_male, edit by Papa Lima Whiskey - Own work, GFDL, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6948247

 

A Pacific cleaner shrimp cleans the mouth of a moray eel

By Brocken Inaglory, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15744860

Fimbriated moray, Gymnothorax fimbriatus

By Jens Petersen - Own work, CC BY 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1596072

Moray eels' face is often considered terrifying.

By Izuzuki - http://www.izuzuki.com/, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=32120151

Moray eels' habit of keeping their mouth open is sometimes misinterpreted as a threatening posture.

By Philippe Guillaume - originally posted to Flickr as Picopato, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=8247335

Moray eels are most often harmless diving mates, and can even be friendly.

By P.Lindgren - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=27837992

Moray eel feeding can result in accidental bites.

By Original uploader was Pil56 at it.wikipedia - Transferred from it.wikipedia, CC BY 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3907072

Whitemouth moray, Gymnothorax meleagris

By Brocken Inaglory - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2660656

Gymnothorax javanicus, very common in the tropical Indo-Pacific, is one of the biggest species, able to reach 3m long and weight 70kg

By albert kok - ma photo, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2836144

Anarchias seychellensis

By Izuzuki - http://www.izuzuki.com/, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=32120159

Channomuraena vittata

By Albert Günther - Gunther, Albert C. L. G. (1880) Introduction to the Study of Fishes, Edinburgh, Scotland: Adam and Charles Black, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=43297723

Echidna nebulosa

By Philippe Bourjon - Don de l'auteur à Wikipédia, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=31362738

Enchelycore schismatorhynchus

By Sébastien Vasquez - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=38594924

Gymnomuraena zebra

By NPS photo - Bill Eichenlaub - http://www.nps.gov/archive/npsa/NPSAfish/fish_pops/murean/eel13.htm, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1346607

Gymnothorax rueppelliae

By Sébastien Vasquez - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=37209614

Monopenchelys acuta

By Williams, J. T.; Carpenter, K. E.; Van Tassell, J. L.; Hoetjes, P.; Toller, W.; Etnoyer, P.; Smith, M. - Williams, J. T.; Carpenter, K. E.; Van Tassell, J. L.; Hoetjes, P.; Toller, W.; Etnoyer, P.; Smith, M. (2010). "Biodiversity Assessment of the Fishes of Saba Bank Atoll, Netherlands Antilles". PLoS ONE 5 (5): e10676. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0010676. PMID 20505760. PMC: 2873961., CC BY 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=27506023

Muraena helena

By steven van tendeloo - steven van tendeloo, GFDL, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=11247915

Pseudechidna brummeri

By Andrey - http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/z7JxZroJg2MxOUZ1YjloDg, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9904155

Rhinomuraena quaesita

By Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE - Ribbon Moray (Rhinomuraena quaesita), CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=40745242

Scuticaria tigrina

By zsispeo - Flickr: Scuticaria tigrina, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=32824718

Strophidon sathete

By BEDO (Thailand) - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=40262310

Uropterygius xanthopterus

By Sébastien vasquez - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=41075030

Images of Moray Eel

The smallest moray is likely Snyder's moray (Anarchias leucurus), which attains a maximum length of 11.5 cm (4.5 in), while the longest species, the slender giant moray (Strophidon sathete) reaches up to 4 m (13 ft). The largest in terms of total mass is the giant moray (Gymnothorax javanicus), which reaches 3 m (9.8 ft) in length and 30 kg (66 lb) in weight.
The English name, from the early 17th century, derives from the Portuguese moréia, which itself derives from the Latin mūrēna, in turn from the Greek muraina, a kind of eel.

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