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Field Notes

Description:

Aprox 3ft long, found swimming from one coral to the next, waters were warm (puerto Rico)

Species ID Suggestions

Spotted Moray Eel

Gymnothorax moringa

Whitemouth Moray Eel

Gymnothorax meleagris

Comments (2)

Hi SargonR, does the Whitemouth Moray Eel occur near Puerto Rico on http://reefguide.org/whitemouthmoray.htm... and on some others it said they range in the Indo-Pacific and near Hawaii. Maybe it is a Spotted Moray Eel (Gymnothorax moringa)?
Looks like a Whitemouth Moray Eel
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PublishedMay 7, 2014

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