David Fleetham / White mouthed moray eel (Gymnothorax meleagris), Hawaii.

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.

David Fleetham / Undulated moray eel (Gymnothorax meleagris) swimming over reef at night. 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

David Fleetham / Whitemouth moray eel (Gymnothorax meleagris) and slate pencil sea urchins (Heterocentrotus mammillatus), Hawaii.

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