#leopard moray

[samimarkart]

very into eels lately!!

animals have been my biggest special interest for my entire life. when I was a little kid, we were at the Brookfield zoo in their living coast building with the green morays. a mom there was telling her similarly aged child that the eels were fake statues because they weren’t moving and six year old me absolutely was freaking out that she was misinforming her kid, and I kept telling her that they were real and telling her eel facts and she kept telling me I was lying. shoutout to my mom because I have no idea how she got me out of that LMAO but it’s a funny family story we still bring up constantly…

[i-give-you-a-fish]

trick or treat?

Awwwwww what a cutie little guy

You get a Dragon Moray

Enchelycore pardalis

[sundial-bee-scribbles]

mermay 2020 - days 19-24

5/19/20 - Medusozoa

5/20/20 - Chiloscyllium punctatum 

5/21/20 - Enchelycore pardalis

5/22/20 - Rhinomuraena quaesita 

[day 23 gets a separate post due to to its content]

5/24/20 - Felimare tricolor

[robotblues]

The leopard moray, tiger moray or dragon moray eel (Enchelycore pardalis).

Image source is a pet store without information on their collection methods, and eels are not bred in captivity, so I'm linking this article on fishkeeping ethics instead.

[oceansoftheworld]

The laced moray, (Gymnothorax favagineus) also known as the leopard moray, tesselate moray or honeycomb moray, is a species of moray eel (follow this link for more). The 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. These morays live at depths of between 1 and 45m, usually in crevices within reef flats and slopes.

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[montereybayaquarium]

This should wake you up better than any cup of coffee. But don't be scared--like most moray eels, this dragon moray ( Enchelycore pardalis ) would just as soon go on its own way! (But if they’re threatened, the resulting bite can be painful.)

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