Marine

Atlantic stargazer

Uranoscopus scaber

The body is spindle-shaped. The swim bladder is absent. Its head and jaws are turned upwards …

Australian mottled moray

Gymnothorax prionodon

The teeth of the Australian mottled moray are located on two pairs of jaws - the …

Blotch-necked moray eel

Gymnothorax margaritophorus

The species was first named by Pieter Bleeker in 1864.Have 126-143 vertebrae. Also characterized by depth …

Daggertooth pike conger

Muraenesox cinereus

The muzzle is long. The diameter of the eyes is 2-2.5 times the length of the …

Eel, American Conger

Conger oceanicus

Conger are distinguished from moray eels by having pectoral fins (morays have none) and by the …

Eels, Moray

Gymnothorax funebris

The body of a typical moray eel is flattened from the sides, the pectoral fins are …

Eels, Snake

Ophichtus macrorhynchus

Snake eels of the family Ophichthidae have a long, cylindrical, snake-like body and can move backward …

Fangtooth moray

Enchelycore anatina

The Fangtooth moray has an elongated, powerful body that is slightly compressed from the sides. Its …

Giant mottled eel

Anguilla marmorata

The giant mottled eel is cylindrical in shape with small, well-developed pectoral fins and a protruding …

Greater weever

Trachinus draco

Elongated with a large angular head, a groundfish. The mouth is relatively large and slanted upwards. …

Harlequin snake eel

Myrichthys colubrinus

The harlequin snake eel has a long, tubular body shape and a narrow head. They are …

Indian pike conger

Congresox talabonoides

The Indian pike conger has 132 to 135 vertebrae. The body is stocky, shaped like an …

Japanese eel

Anguilla japonica

Vertebrae: 114-118. Head length 11.2-11.9% (11.6%) of body length (according to Ege, females 13, males 12-13%). …

Lesser weever

Echiichthys vipera

It has an elongated body, compressed at the sides; its height exceeds ⅕ of the body …

Lipspot moray eel

Gymnothorax chilospilus

The species was first named by Pieter Bleeker in 1864. Lipspot morays have 121-133 vertebrae.

Narrowtail moray

Gymnothorax angusticauda

The Narrowtail moray was first named by Weber and de Beaufort in 1916. They have 143 …

Red Sea garden eel

Gorgasia sillneri

The Red Sea garden eel has an extremely elongated, cylindrical body shape. It is particularly long …

Ribbon eel

Rhinomuraena quaesita

The body is slender, ribboned, the head small with an elongated pointed muzzle. There is a …

Spotted garden eel

Heteroconger hassi

Have an elongated, eel-shaped body. Vertebrae: 163-177. Anterior nostrils merge into a continuous free lip roll.

Whitespotted moray

Gymnothorax johnsoni

Gymnothorax: Greek, gymnos = naked + Greek, thorax, -akos = breast. It was first named Smith …

Yellow-edged moray

Gymnothorax flavimarginatus

The body of the yellow-edged moray is elongated, without scales. The body length is 15-17 times …

Zebra moray

Gymnomuraena zebra

The snout is round and short. Vertebrae: 132-137. Have closely set teeth used to crush prey …