General Description
Body elongate, robust, compressed, dorsal fin low, fleshy, arising on head; snout narrow, bluntly rounded, with visible nostril tubes and a series of large pores surrounded by black along both jaws; mouth large with prominent fang-like teeth; brown to yellowish-brown or bright green, head yellowish. Up to 1.5 m long head to tail tip.
Biology
The Green Moray is relatively common on the eastern and western coasts, where it occurs in bays, estuaries, and on coastal and offshore reefs. This curious eel shelters in rocky holes and crevices often amongst kelp, and may bite if provoked.
Distribution
New Zealand and southern Australia.
Habitat
Rocky reefs in weedy areas.
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Brief Id
Body elongate, robust, yellowish to greenish, head yellow, both jaws with a line of dark pores.
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Diet
Carnivore
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Diet Categories
Fish
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Endemicity
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Commercial
No
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Conservation Statuses
CITES: Not listed, FFG Threatened List: Not listed, EPBC Act 1999: Not listed, IUCN Red List: Least Concern
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Depths
Shallow (1-30 m)
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Water Column Locations
On or near seafloor
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Taxon Name
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Scientific Author
(Richardson, 1848)
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Common Name
Green Moray
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Other Names
Brown Reef Eel , Green Eel , Green Reef Eel , Pettifogger , Southern Green Moray , Sydney Green Eel , Yellow Moray
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Species Name
prasinus
