Purplemouth Moray

Found singly, during the day in crevices, caves, and holes in the reef, out at night foraging for food, over clearwater rocky shorelines of reefs.
They feed nocturnally on crustaceans and fish.
Can bite if divers come too close.

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!