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Gymnothorax meleagris
The Whitemouth moray or turkey moray is a moray eel of the family Muraenidae, found in the Indo-Pacific oceans at depths down to 36 m. Its length is up to 1.2 m. They live in holes in the reef to quickly emergo to grap passing fish by surprise attack. They sense prey by detecting smell through the water.
Spotted while scuba diving off the Kona coast
Spotted on Aug 31, 2011
Submitted on May 12, 2012
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Lovely spotting. I've gone ahead and have moved this to the Fish category for you.