Freshwater/Brackish/Saltwater Moray Eel Species List
Compiled by your About Guides to Saltwater Aquariums Debbie and Stan Hauter
There are a number of "true" Moray Eels that not only live in marine environments, but also inhabit or may sometimes cross over into fresh and/or brackish water environments as well. In reference to the List of Nominal Species of Muraenidae from the fishbase.org database, using the Present Allocation names category, here are such Moray Eels. The bolded Environment abbreviations denotes their primary water habitat preference (s).
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--> Subfamily - Muraeninae --> Order - Anguilliformes |
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seychellensis |
Moray |
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leucotaenia |
Moray |
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rhodochilus |
Moray |
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afer |
Moray |
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fimbriatus |
Moray |
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polyurandon |
Freshwater Moray |
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tile |
Moray |
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sathete |
Moray |
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macrura |
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Moray |
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micropterus |
Moray |
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