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Bony fish

Panamic Green Moray

Gymnothorax castaneus

Also known as: Chestnut Moray, Green Moray, Green Moray Eel, Panamic Green Moray Eel

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2010
Adult
@SmokeyMellows · Local Fish Store, Canada · September 20151 / 1
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Overview

Found singly, during the day lurking in dark crevices, holes, and recesses of the reef, at night out in the open, foraging for food over the reef.

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!

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How to identify

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Eastern Pacific
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Found singly, during the day lurking in dark crevices, holes, and recesses of the reef, at night out in the open, foraging for food over the reef.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderAnguilliformes
    5. familyMuraenidae
    6. genusGymnothorax
    7. speciesGymnothorax castaneus (Jordan & Gilbert, 1883)

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    More in the family

    Moray Eels (Muraenidae)