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Whitemouth Moray Eel

Gymnothorax meleagris

Description:

Dark brown with numerous close-set white spots; inside of mouth and tip of tail white. Moray eels have two sets of jaws: 1) the oral jaws that capture prey; and 2) the pharyngeal jaws that advance into the mouth and move prey from the oral jaws to the esophagus for swallowing. The first picture is an effort to capture this second pharyngeal jaws, but it is too difficult to capture that in a photo :(

Habitat:

Solitary, head frequently protrudes from reef recess. Lagoon and outer reefs in 1-36 meters depth. Can be found around Indo-Pacific Oceans.

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AlbertKang
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AlbertKang

Batangas, Philippines

Spotted on Oct 27, 2015
Submitted on Oct 28, 2015

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