Banded Mud Moray

Found singly, in holes or buried in the sand, by entering the sand tail first, so just the head is showing, over lagoons and reefs.

Morays open and close their mouths to move water through their gills for respiration.
This behaviour can often be seen as a threat especially towards divers, in fact this is far from the truth, they are very shy creatures and will only attack if provoked!