Green Moray Eel - Gymnothorax castaneus

Green Moray Eel - Gymnothorax castaneus, a large Moray Eel, greenish in colour with white spots. This guy was curious and checking out its reflection in the lens of cameras when divers tried to take close-up shot of it.

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Ferdy Christant

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Is that your camera? Looks like a wide angle macro? Posted 9 years ago

Albert Kang

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Not my camera, my friend's.
I took this picture :D Posted 9 years ago

Claire Hamilton

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Brilliant, I love it! Posted 9 years ago

Albert Kang

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Thanks, Claire Hamilton :) Posted 9 years ago

The Panamic green moray eel

The panamic green moray eel is a large moray eel in the Pacific. Common names also include chestnut moray eel.

The panamic green moray is found in the Pacific from the Gulf of California to Ecuador, including the Galapagos Islands.

It grows to about 1.5 m in length, and is brown to brownish green.
It is found near reefs and associated waters between 3 and 36 m deep.

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Similar species: Eels

Species identified by Albert Kang