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Blackspotted Moray - Gymnothorax favagineus
The Blackspotted Moray - Gymnothorax favagineus is white to yellow with black leopard-like spotting; young have larger and fewer spots; large adults have smaller spots that form honeycomb-like pattern.
They can grow up to 1.8 meters length.
The laced moray, ''Gymnothorax favagineus'', also known as the leopard moray, tesselate moray or honeycomb moray, is a species of moray eel.
Laced moray can grow up to 300cm in length, and as such are one of the larger species of moray eel. They feed mainly on small fish and cephalopods. It has been observed that adults are prone to be aggressive in the wild.
They are found in the Indo-Pacific, and East Africa to Papua New Guinea, north to southern Japan, south of Australia... more
Similar species: Eels
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Uploaded Aug 2, 2017. Captured Nov 20, 2014 10:40 in Uraha, Nikagas Magu, Malé 20173, Maldives.
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I saw your post of this same Moray Eel and you invited others to post better pics of them to do them justice :D Posted 8 years ago