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Habitat: shallow bays, island lagoons, and coral reefs

Location: on very reef of the Maldives

Size: 1 to 2 meters

Description: Moray eel is a large moray which can reach a maximum length of 300 cm, but specimens usually encountered are much smaller.[1] Its serpentine in shape body has a white to yellowish background color dotted with numerous black spots which latter vary in size and shape depending on the individual and on the environment in which the animals live

Diet: fish: It feeds mainly on small fish and cephalopods

Feeding Habits: The laced moray is carnivorous, it leaves its lair at night to actively hunt its preys along the reef jump out of the water to catch prey.

Lifespan: longer than 12 years

Offspring:

Status: aggressive in a wild

Threatened by: human destruction