These group consists of fishes with long, snake-like bodies and are generally found on the bottom in dark reef recesses or in the sand.

This group consists of the following families:

Morays – Muraenidae

Green Moray – Gymnothorax funebris
         

Spotted Moray – Gymnothorax moringa

Reticulate Moray – Muraena retifera

Purplemouth Moray – Gymnothorax vicinus

Viper Moray – Enchelycore nigricans

Chestnut Moray – Enchelycore carychroa

Goldentail Moray – Gymnothorax miliaris

Honeycomb Moray – Gymnothorax saxicola

Chain Moray – Echidna catenata

Stout Moray – Muraena robusta

Broadbanded Moray – Channomuraena vittata

 

Snake Eels – Ophichthidae

Orange Moray – Monopenchelys acuta

Sharptail Eel – Myrichthys breviceps

Goldspotted Eel – Myrichtys ocellatus

Spotted Snake Eel – Ophichthus ophis

Spotted Spoon-Nose Eel- Echiophis intertinctus

 

Conger Eels – Congridae

Blackspotted Eel – Quassiremus ascensionis

Key Worm Eel – Ahlia egmontis

Brown Garden Eel – Heteroconger longissimus

Yellow Garden Eel – Heteroconger luteolus

Manytooth Conger – Conger triporiceps

Bandtooth conger – Ariosoma balearicum

 

For more information see: Steven W Smeltzer Underwater Photography