What is Moray eel?
{{Taxobox | name = Moray eel | image = Enchelycore schismatorhynchus.JPG | image_caption = Moray eel | fossil_range = {{Fossil range|Late Miocene|Recent}}<ref name=FB>{{FishBase family|family=Muraenidae|year=2009|month=January}}</ref> | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] | classis = [[Actinopterygii]] | superordo = [[Elopomorpha]] | ordo = [[Eel|Anguilliformes]] | familia = '''Muraenidae''' | familia_authority = [[Rafinesque]], 1810 | subdivision_ranks = [[Genus|Genera]] | subdivision = See text. }} [[File:Chain moray eel.jpg|thumb|Colorful moray eel from a coral reef]] '''Moray eels''' are a [[family (biology)|family]] of [[eel|eels]] in the family '''Muraenidae'''. Moray eels can be found all over the world. There are 200 different [[species]] in 15 [[genus|genera]]. ==Body== Like all eels, moray eels look like a cross between a [[fish]] and a [[snake]]. The body is generally patterned. In some species, the inside of the mouth is also patterned. Moray eels normally have wide jaws and large sharp teeth, but some types of Moray eel have blunt teeth which help them to eat animals that live in shells. Morays also have pharyngeal jaws inside the main [[jaw]]<nowiki/>s. Typically, moray eels grow to a length of about 1.5 metres. The largest known moray eel is the [[Slender giant moray]], which can reach 4 metres in length. Moray eels live in [[coral]] [[reef]]s and rocky areas, at a depth of about 200m. ==Habitat== [[File:Moray eel in Kona.JPG|thumb|''[[Undulated moray|Gymnothorax undulatus]]'' occupying a dead patch reef, located in Kona, Hawaii]] The moray eel can be found in both freshwater habitats and saltwater habitats. However most live in the sea in salt water, never entering fresh water. [[File:Spotted moray eel.jpg|thumb|''[[Snowflake moray|Echidna nebulosa]]'']] Moray eels normally live in warmer waters, but it depends on the type of eel. ==Feeding behavior== Morays are opportunistic, [[carnivorous]] predators<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kooser|first=Amanda|title=See a snowflake mor