Dee At 8 A.M.: Gymnothorax polyuranodon

Tuesday, August 5, 2025

Today we continue our underwater tour with our super special guest photographer, Megan Berg!

I am a Spotted Freshwater Moray Eel

I'm carnivorous and like to dine on live fish

I don't see well

But I've a great sense of smell

I prefer water that's shallow not an abyss.

(Note that there is also a Spiny Lobster on the left in this photo. The critter on the right hits your eye like a big pizza pie - that a Moray.)

Location: Blue Heron Bridge, Phil Foster Park, Riviera Beach, FL

Sources: https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/187468-Gymnothorax-polyuranodon

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