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Mediterranean moray

Muraena helena

Description:

This individual was I think a juvenile. They usually have a nice pattern of yellow dots over brown, with white face.

Habitat:

Rocks and coral reef crevices.


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10 Comments

Thanks Carol! I should check the blog! I´ve been away from PN because of too much work lately...

Carol Snow Milne
Carol Snow Milne 2 months ago

Marta, amazing animal. WOW! And you are featured in the recent blog. Awesome!

Chief RedEarth
Chief RedEarth 2 months ago

So big to look like the Wall of China. :))

Jakubko
Jakubko 2 months ago

Congratulations, Marta! Your magnificent moray eel was featured in my Project Noah blog post, "It's Life - unique abilities for unique organisms" today!
http://blog.projectnoah.org/post/4414706...

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar a year ago

Yes..they must be borne for their predators..

They must be difficult to cook because of the many bones, right? I never tried one :-)

Nicholas4
Nicholas4 a year ago

Just spectacular Marta..
While young, we used to spearfish (Greece) and if we came upon one of these we sure treaded lightly..
They are very good to eat if you can get a hold of them..
Nick

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 2 years ago

Whoa! Striking!

Also because she was small compared to the adult size, it was very cute to find her

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 2 years ago

Cute..!!

Italy

Lat: 38.71, Long: 13.19

Spotted on Jun 14, 2010
Submitted on May 23, 2011

Spotted for mission

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