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Ray-finned Fishes of Zihuatanejo

CLASS ACTINOPTERYGII

Jewel Moray

Muraena lentiginosa

Light brown mottled body, with dark-edged yellow spots over head and body. Shelters in rocky crevices during the day coming out at night to hunt for food. The Jewel moray is a ornate moray eel found in the gulf of California, and eastern pacific through Central America.

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