Dasher 0 Posted September 19, 2004 I thought this might be a whitemouth moray but the spots are kind of backwards (black on white rather than white on brown). Perhaps a peppered moray (s. picta)? Photo from west coast of Okinawa. Depth 4 meters. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SharkyUAE 0 Posted September 19, 2004 Not 100% sure but to me it looks like a Black spotted Moray Gymnothorax tessellata We have similar beasts on the east coast of UAE and Oman that we call Honeycomb Morays Gymnothorax favagineus Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dasher 0 Posted September 20, 2004 Thanks! I looked up your answer in fishbase and it looks right. Hard to tell with out seeing teeth, etc. Interestingly, fishbase lists G. tessellata as a synonym of G. favagineus. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
frogfish 5 Posted September 24, 2004 I'm pretty sure that's G. favagineus, fairly common throughout the Indo-Pacific. I've never heard of the synonum. Helmut Debelius (and several other sourcebooks) give the common name "Honeycomb moray", but I think I've also heard them called something else. Very pretty eels, which can grow fairly large. Here's a couple more, both from Amed, Bali, in Indonesia: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
