(Another moray) What kind of Moray eel is this?     8/23/17
Hello Bob, Neale and all you good people in WetWebMedia,
<Hi Ben.>
Yesterday a guy in Predator Fish forum in Indonesia is offering this lovely Moray for sale. He said it's a locally-caught from a river in West Java, Indonesia. I am familiar with Gymnothorax Polyuranodon, which commonly
caught in our rivers, and Gymnothorax Tile, which is not unknown around here, but this one looks like a different species. So, what do you think?
Perhaps a sea moray that took a wrong turn, and ended up in a river away from home?
<Gymnothorax undulatus, a marine species, which occasionally is found in brackish waters.>
Thank you and Best Regards, Ben
<Cheers, Marco.>

Re: (Another moray) What kind of Moray eel is this?     8/24/17
Hello Marco, and all you good people in WetWebMedia,
<Hi Ben.>
Thank you for the identification. So, it's a G. undulatus, a fish which we usually found in coral reefs, but apparently has the ability to penetrate far inland to rivers. I have no idea why would they do that, though. Isn't it easier to find prey on the sea, rather than in the murky waters of Java's muddy rivers? What do you think dear Marco?
<Estuaries are not the worst places to hunt for food if you can endure the lower salinity, since rivers transport a lot of nutrients into the oceans.
There's quite a number of predatory marine fishes, which swim into rivers, and there is a bunch of Gymnothorax species among them.>
Again, many thanks!
<Welcome.>
Best Regards,
Ben Haryo
<Cheers, Marco.>

Eel id       8/13/17
Just seeing if you could help with this eel that our divers sent Collected out of Hawaii
<Neato! After diving in Hawaii for decades, I've seen most of the Muraenids of the "fiftieth State", but not this juvenile; likely Gymnothorax eurostus... HI IS the "land of the puhi" (eel), particularly Morays, with some 32 species. Have written articles on the topic. Thank you for sharing.
Oh, am going to ask MarcoL here for his ID help as well. Bob Fenner>

Eel id /Marco       8/13/17
Just seeing if you could help with this eel that our divers sent
Collected out of Hawaii
<Those pictures are really small and better pictures would be needed to be sure, but I agree with Bob: most likely Gymnothorax eurostus. Cheers, Marco.>

What kind of Moray eel is this?      6/15/17
Good afternoon Neale and all the good people at WetWebMedia;
<Howsit Ben?>
In an Indonesian discussion forum, I found this picture, the guy who posted it said that he fished this moray eel in a river, several kilometres from the river mouth/estuary. I wonder what Moray eel is this? It does not looks like "freshwater" moray (Gymnothorax polyuranodon, we call it belut muara), so it might be a new species?
<Mmm; I do think this is a Synbranchid eel (not a Moray): Ophisternon bengalense
http://www.fishbase.org/summary/22496
Best Regards,
Ben
<Cheers, Bob Fenner>

Re: What kind of Moray eel is this?      6/15/17
Hello Bob! Thank you for the reply. That was quick! And very informative too. I never heard about this fish. We learn something new everyday. It's a very fierce-looking fish, no wonder we all confused it with the moray!
<Synbranchids do look very similar... Neat animals (and tasty!)
Again, many thanks! *bowing*
Best Regards,
Ben
<Sama sama my friend. BobF>

I'd of this Eel plz      2/2/17
Hi
<Hi Harvey. Sorry for the delayed reply. Just saw your email today.>
Can you please tell me if you can ID this eels. I'm finding close resemblance to other eels from Enchelycore sp to a few Gymnothorax sp like i.e. kidako and few others. here I've attached video and picture.
<Think I see a dark blotch behind the eye and a large white blotch below it. These are typical characters of G. zonipectis. Cannot be sure though, the material is out of focus and has little contrast. Hope that helps.>
Kind regards Harvey
<Cheers, Marco.>

re: I'd of this Eel plz      2/2/17
Marco; howsit? Do you have the photo of this email to send me? I gave up and deleted from the editing page on WWM... Danke, B
re: I'd of this Eel plz      2/2/17
Can't complain. I put the email with the picture in the "Email with Images" folder after I answered it.
<Ahh; thank you>
Strangely email from WWM does not arrive at my standard email account (yes, I also had a look at the spam folder), lately.
Will have a look at it. Take care. Marco
<Thought perhaps you'd gone on holiday. Cheers mate. BobF>
re: I'd of this Eel plz      2/2/17
Have found the culprit (a filter in my system) and removed it. Holiday? Now that's a word I haven't heard in a long time. Hehe.
Cheers, Marco.
<Gots to get out and re-charge Marco! Haul on out dive-adventure traveling with us; the trips are posted on the Facebook friends site as you know.
Cheers, BobF>