Moray Identification

morena303

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hello friends.

especially in the summer months, when the waves are small, i like to dive and snorkel.

i am in love with all types of morays and always have some at home. i catch morays in the right sizes, study them for a while and bring them back to get another one.

i would consider myself almost an expert on morays and know exactly how to take care for them, how they will react and so on.

now i went to a new area to snorkel and catch a moray that i never saw before, not even in databases. i am hoping somebody here know what type it is because i cant figure it out.

when i saw it in the water i thought it was a sea snake but when i had it in the bucket i could clearly see it was a moray - weird but a moray.

it seems extremely calm, i cant see any teeth and it seem not at all to be interested in meaty food. in a regular case new morays in the tank eat at the second day already from the stick (frozen seafood mixed) but this one seem to search for food but i dont think its eating meat.

in the area where i catch it are lots of algae, so probably thats why i never saw it before and it eat something else. it looks almost like a dog sniffing around on the ground and in each corner as if would search for something specific to eat.

thats the first time i have not even a clue what type of moray or animal it is - probably even rare.

its about 2ft long, very thin for its size and also unusual shape of head.

here a pic of it.

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that's a cool looking eel. Just out of curiosity, have you ever caught/seen/had any experience with a brown spotted snake moray?
 
the ones I saw here are Goldentail Moray. I do have one right now very beautiful and rare yellowish youngster:

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Also Spotted Moray, Chainlink Moray, Green Moray and the same type but brown, which I also have right now:

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Those types are common here if you know where to search and now the Leopard Eel.

Not sure if they even live in the Caribbean but its possible.
 
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