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Spotted Moray Eel

South Water Caye Marine Reserve, Belize

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The spotted moray, ''Gymnothorax moringa'', is a medium to large moray eel. It has a long snake-like body, white or pale yellow in color with small overlapping dark-brown spots. Typical length is around 60 centimeters, but recent specimens suggest to maximum size of this moray is almost 7 feet, or two meters .

The spotted moray is found in the Western Atlantic Ocean from North Carolina and Bermuda to Brazil, including the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean. It is also found around Mid-.. more

Similar species: Eels
Species identified by Ferdy Christant
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By Tony Rath

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Uploaded Oct 24, 2011. Captured Oct 24, 2011 14:13.
  • Canon EOS D60
  • f/16
  • 1/125s
  • ISO100
  • 100mm