Title: Saltwater
Species #: 17
Common Name: Green Moray Eel Scientific Name: Gymnothorax funebris Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Muraenidae Geography / Habitat: Western Atlantic Ocean, including the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. Typically, these moray eels range as far north as New Jersey and as far south as Brazil. live in rocky, intertidal areas, coral reefs, mangroves, tidal creeks, harbors, seagrass beds, and other areas over sandy or muddy bottoms. Life•Strategy: A male and aAnguilliform female moray eel position themselves in such a way that their Body Form or Style: sperm egg can combine. Shortly after the fertilized egg makes contact with water, it begins • and Swim / Locomotion Style: Anguilliform to develop intoPosition: a larvae.Terminal Moray eel eggs tend to drift for at least year before settling on a reef. • Mouth Food / Feed Strategy: They will eat anything they can get their mouth around and swallow hole. Citation: They normally prey on crustaceans and other fish. http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Gymnothorax_funebris.html http://www.morayeel.info/moray-eel-reproduction.php
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Body Form or Style: Anguilliform Swim / Locomotion Style: Anguilliform Mouth Position: Terminal
Citation: http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Gymnothorax_funebris.html http://www.morayeel.info/moray-eel-reproduction.php