Moray Eel Diagram. Inner surface of gill chambers and operculum is folded and highly vascularized as in mudskippers periopthalamus. He proposed that the arrangement of protractor and retractor muscles in the throat jaws allowed a moray to transport large prey into its long esophagus.
The term eel is also used for some other eel shaped fish such as electric eels. The species are rarely found outside of these particular habitats. The longest moray eel is the giant slender eel which can grow up to 4 metres long.
With over 200 distinct species moray eels are found across the world in both marine and freshwater environments.
Chain moray eels have an overall color that is white to yellow with mottling that is black brown or gray. As new zealand eels have never been seen spawning this part of their life cycle is based on what scientists think happens. Though some species live in rivers and colder temperate marine waters most moray eel species thrive on the worlds coral. With over 200 distinct species moray eels are found across the world in both marine and freshwater environments.