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03-28-2013, 11:08 PM
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Whoa, he looks positively pink or purpleish. Now I'm not so sure what he is. It's freakin' gorgeous whatever he is.
Have you tried posting the pictures anywhere else? I'm almost tempted to suggest writing into the folks at webwebmedia.com and showing them the pictures to see what they suggest. If you do, please post back any reply you get. Here are some of their pages with info on eels.. http://www.wetwebmedia.com/ca/volume.../eels/Eels.htm http://www.wetwebmedia.com/morays.htm
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03-29-2013, 01:15 AM
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03-29-2013, 07:52 PM
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Hallelujah! this is the response i got from wet web media:
Let's see. It's a moray eel and no other type of eel. There are eight small and brown morays known to science to far. Visible on your pics we have a slightly darker rim around the eye and white pores on the jaw. This leaves three species. I think we can rule out G. panamensis, which should be larger after five years and has a slightly different head as well a dorsal fin origin more in direction to the head of the eel. There remain G. atolli (improbable, known only from Hawaii and Midway) and G. australicola (of which also the shape seems to be a perfect fit to your eel). I'd say you got yourself a Gymnothorax australicola (you are very lucky), a rather small moray eel, although I cannot completely outrule G. atolli. They can only be told apart by measuring their preanal length and counting their vertebrae. Nothing you'd like to do on a living specimen. WWM Crew= super awesome crew
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