Appearance and lifestyle:
Floral moray eels (Echidna nebulosa) also known as Snowflake moray eels are either white, yellow or cream patterned eels with yellow spots. They are small to medium sized typically growing to about 45-60cm but can grow up to 1 meter long.
Habitat:
Floral moray eels live in the Indo-West Pacific, the Red Sea and the Western Indian Ocean from Oman to East London. They prefer rocky areas, seagrass beds and reefs in shallow water.
Diet:
They are also nocturnal feeders, eating crustaceans (mainly crabs) and small fish. If the prey is too large, these eels will knot themselves around their victim in order to tear off smaller pieces.
Threats:
Pollution, climate change, habitat loss.
(Photo: Geoff Spiby)
They can wriggle themselves through small gaps.
These eels are nocturnal feeders.
If the prey is too large, these eels will knot themselves around their victim.