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.