Photo copyright Tim Nicholson.
Taken in the Southern Egyptian Red Sea.
Orange-Eyed Moray Eel, Gymnothorax nudivomer (Playfair)
Identified by its orange eyes and green fringe on fins. Lives at depths up to 150 m on seaward reefs.
Back to the Red Sea Photos...
More Moray Eel Photos are on page 2 of our gallery and in our Google+ Moray Eel album...
Further Reading:
Coral Reef Fishes, Indo-Pacific and Caribbean, by Ewald Lieske and Robert Myers
The Underwater Photographer: Digital and Traditional Techniques, by Martin Edge
