Ariosoma fasciatus
Congers like to hide in the sand, so they're harder to spot.
Dragon Moray
Enchelycore pardalis
Dwarf Moray
Gymnothorax melatremus
(1: Hoover's, Kona / 2-3: Sheraton Caverns, Kauai / 4: Stone House, Kauai / 5: Three Fingers, Kauai / 6: Plate Lunch, Kauai / 7: Corsair, Oahu / 8: Vertical Awareness, Lehua)
Freckled Snake EelCallechelys lutea
(1: Kua Bay, Kona / 2: Corsair, Oahu)
Hawaiian Conger EelConger marginatus
(1: Hoover's, Kona / 2: Mala Pier, Maui)
Hawaiian Garden Eel
Gorgasia hawaiiensis
(1-2,5-7: Garden Eel Cove, Kona / 3-4: Reef's End, Molokini / 8: Corsair, Oahu)
Garden eels also like to hide in the sand, particularly if you try to get close enough to take a decent picture. Note the one barely sticking its head out to the right of the 4th picture.
Large-Eye CongerAriosoma marginatum
Large-Spotted Snake MorayUropterygius polyspilus
Slendertail Moray
Gymnothorax gracilicaudus
(1: Shark Fin, Lanai / 2: Harbor Ledges, Kauai)
Snowflake Moray
Echidna nebulosa
(1: Red Hill, Maui / 2: Black Rock, Maui)
Stout Moray
Gymnothorax eurostus
(1: Harbor Ledges, Kauai / 2: Stone House, Kauai / 3: Horseshoe Reef, Oahu / 4: Turtle Canyons, Oahu / 5-6: Koko Craters, Oahu / 7: Mala Pier, Maui / 8: Moray Eel Cove, Kona)
Tiger Snake MorayScuticaria tigrina
Undulated Moray
Gymnothorax undulatus
(1: Kaloko Arches, Kona / 2-3: Mala Pier, Maui / 4: Garden Eel Cove, Kona / 5: Moray Eel Cove, Kona / 6-8: Turtle Heaven, Kona)
Viper MorayEnchelynassa canina
(1-2: Moray Eel Cove, Kona)
Whitemouth Moray
Gymnothorax meleagris
(1: Golden Arches, Kona / 2: Plate Lunch, Kauai / 3: Turtle Canyons, Oahu / 4: Barge Harbor North, Lanai / 5: Harbor Ledges, Kauai / 6: Pyramid Point, Lehua / 7: Dog Beach, Kona / 8: Turtle Heaven, Kona)
Unlike many other morays, the whitemouth moray hunts during the day.
(1: Kua Bay, Kona / 2: Harbor Ledges, Kauai / 3: Hale O Honu, Kauai / 4: Paradise Pinnacle, Kona)
This one is blind in one eye: (1: Turtle Canyons, Oahu)
Yellowhead MorayGymnothorax rueppellii
(1: Turtle Canyons, Oahu / 2: Mile Marker 4, Kona / 3-4: Pahoehoe Beach, Kona)
Yellowmargin Moray
Gymnothorax flavimarginatus
(1: Kaloko Arches, Kona / 2: Ice Box, Kauai / 3-4: Horseshoe Reef, Oahu / 5: Pinnacles, Oahu / 6: End of the World, Molokini / 7: Buoy 2, Kauai / 8: Paradise Pinnacle, Kona)
This is a big old one:
They hunt at night. Note the yellow margin on the tail: (1: Harbor Ledges, Kauai)
Zebra Moray
Gymnomuraena zebra
(1: Inner Crater, Molokini / 2: Makena Landing, Maui / 3: Hammerhead Point, Kona / 4-5: Hoover's, Kona / 6: Mala Pier, Maui)
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