Green Moray

What the look like – The green moray is actually brown! These eels have a yellowy mucus that covers their entire body giving them the green coloring. Green morays are the largest of any eel species and can grow up to 8ft long and weigh as much as 70 pounds!

What they eat – During the day the

green moray is sedentary hiding in

holes hoping for an ambush attack. At

night green morays actively hunt in the

reef cruising through coral heads in

search of octopus, squid, fish and crabs.

While these are the most common diet

preference for the moray, they are not

picky and will eat almost anything they

can easily tear and consume. The

morays strongest sense is its ability

smell, and they use to primarily find the

best snack.

Why do they look so mean??? Green morays get a mean rap because they are constantly showing their teeth. Green morays are RAM ventilators, meaning in order for them to stay stationary, they must pump water over their gills to stay alive. They do this by constantly opening and closing their mouths. As water passes over the gills, they can force it out of a spiracle at the back of their head.