Turkey moray
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The turkey moray, Gymnothorax meleagris, is a moray eel
of the family
Muraenidae, found in the Indo-Pacific
oceans at depths down to 36 m. Its length is up to 1.2 m. They live in holes in the reef to quickly emergo to grap passing fish by surprise attack. They sense prey by detecting smell through the water.
Moray eel
Moray eels are cosmopolitan eels of the family Muraenidae. The approximately 200 species in 15 genera are almost exclusively marine, but several species are regularly seen in brackish water and a few, for example the freshwater moray can sometimes be found in freshwater...
of the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Muraenidae, found in the Indo-Pacific
Indo-Pacific
The Indo-Pacific is a biogeographic region of the Earth's seas, comprising the tropical waters of the Indian Ocean, the western and central Pacific Ocean, and the seas connecting the two in the general area of Indonesia...
oceans at depths down to 36 m. Its length is up to 1.2 m. They live in holes in the reef to quickly emergo to grap passing fish by surprise attack. They sense prey by detecting smell through the water.