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The green moray (Gymnothorax funebris) is a moray eel of the family Muraenidae, found in the western Atlantic Ocean from Long Island, New York, Bermuda, and the northern Gulf of Mexico to Brazil, at depths down to 40 metres (130 ft). Its length is up to 2.5 metres (8.2 ft).
The green moray is found in the western Atlantic Ocean, from New Jersey to Bermuda, and the northern Gulf of Mexico southward to Brazil. This solitary animal hides among cracks and crevices, along rocky shorelines and in coral reefs.
Echidna nebulosa occupying a live coral reef, located in Sabang, Philippines. Within the marine realm, morays are found in shallow water nearshore areas, continental slopes, continental shelves, deep benthic habitats, and mesopelagic zones of the ocean, and in both tropical and temperate environments. [ 25 ]
The green moray eel lives in solitude and is nocturnal, meaning active at night and asleep during the day. The most activity a moray eel engages in is during feeding or spawning. Moray eels hunt for fish in small crevices along coral reefs and shorelines.
Long, flexible fishes such as eels swim by flexing the whole body into lateral waves. This is known as anguilliform swimming. Most eels (including the Green Moray) have laterally compressed tails. The Green Moray also has well a developed dorsal fin which results in further compression of the body.
The green moray eel is dark gray-brown. Coated with a yellow mucus protecting them from disease and parasites, their coloring can appear green. This bony fish only has a dorsal fin and a tail, using their long slender bodies to swim.
14 lut 2020 · The green moray eel (Gymnothorax funebris) is one of the largest in the moray family reaching lengths of up to eight feet and weighing up to 65 pounds! Its long body is compressed laterally, meaning its sides are fairly flat.
