Georgette Douwma / Whitemouth moray eel (Gymnothorax meleagris). Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Indo-Pacific.

David Fleetham / Whitemouth moray eel (Gymnothorax meleagris) showing the curved teeth in the upper jaw for holding prey, Hawaii.

Graham Eaton / Whitemouth moray eel (Gymnothorax meleagris) swimming in shallow water, Maldives, Indian Ocean.

GEORGETTE DOUWMA / White mouthed moray eel (Gymnothorax meleagris) amongst coral, Komodo, Indonesia

GEORGETTE DOUWMA / White mouthed moray eel (Gymnothorax meleagris). Komodo, Indonesia

Carine Schrurs / White mouthed moray eel {Gymnothorax meleagris} Bunaken, Sulawesi, Indonesia

Tony Wu / Spotted moray eel (Gymnothorax meleagris) pair coming together within a colony of Leaf coral (Pavona decussata) to spawn, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan, Pacific Ocean.

David Fleetham / Whitemouth moray eel (Gymnothorax meleagris) with mouth open, resting in rock crevice on the ocean floor, being cleaned by a Scarlet cleaner shrimp (Lysmata amboinensis), Hawaii, Pacific Ocean.

Tony Wu / Two moray eels (Gymnothorax meleagris) fighting, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan

David Fleetham / Close up of the mouth of Whitemouth moray eel (Gymnothorax meleagris), showing the needle sharp teeth in the upper jaw used for holding prey, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean.

David Fleetham / Peacock grouper (Cephalopholis argus) and two Whitemouth moray eels (Gymnothorax meleagris) collaborative hunting, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean.

Doug Perrine / Hunting coalition of Blue goatfish / Yellowsaddle goatfish (Parupeneus cyclostomus), Bluefin trevally (Caranx melampygus) and Whitemouth moray eel (Gymnothorax meleagris) on a reef, Makako Bay, Kona,...

David Fleetham / Undulated moray eel (Gymnothorax meleagris) swimming along reef during the day, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean.

David Fleetham / Whitemouth moray eel (Gymnothorax meleagris) Hawaii.

Doug Perrine / Hunting coalition of Peacock groupers (Cephalopholis argus) and Whitemouth moray eel, (Gymnothorax meleagris) Honokohau, North Kona, Big Island, Hawaii, USA

Doug Perrine / Hunting coalition of a Peacock grouper (Cephalopholis argus) and a whitemouth moray eel (Gymnothorax meleagris) Honokohau, North Kona, Big Island, Hawaii. The grouper is waiting for the eel to go hunt...

Doug Perrine / Hunting coalition of Peacock grouper, (Cephalopholis argus) and Whitemouth moray eel, (Gymnothorax meleagris) Kohanaiki, North Kona, Big Island, Hawaii. The eel hunts inside the reef crevices while th...

Doug Perrine / Whitemouth moray eel (Gymnothorax meleagris) sheltering in bleached Antler coral (Pocillopora grandis) due to marine heatwave. Kohanaiki, Kona, Hawaii, USA. December 2015.

David Fleetham / Whitemouth moray eel (Gymnothorax meleagris), Hawaii

David Fleetham / Undulated moray eel (Gymnothorax meleagris) It is unusual to find a moray eel out free swimming during the day. The more often hunt by night, Hawaii.