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Gymnothorax fimbriatus
Pale green-yellow in color with black spots on its face and can reach a maximum length of 80 cm. It feeds mainly on small fish. Morays breathe by constantly opening and closing their mouths to move water through their gills.
Found singly on protected inshore reefs, harbours and small caves hiding among dead corals.
Spotted at a depth of about 6 m. Basura, Anilao, Batangas, Philippines
Spotted on Sep 15, 2012
Submitted on Feb 21, 2013
4 Comments
Thanks Jolly. Yup sure does look nasty :-)
Nasty looking eel. Nice series.
Guess it was just breathing hard or just showing it's teeth hehe. Didn't see any cleaner shrimps around :-)
wow, was it getting cleaned or just breathing hard?