Name
Muraena helena
Mediterranean moray or Roman eel
Framing
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguiliformes
Genus: Muraena
Species: helena
Habitat
Marine. Benthic. On rocky bottoms up to 800 m depth.
Feeding
Free life. Solitary. Nocturnal predator of fish, crustaceans and cephalopods.
Distribution
Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean
Conservation status
Not threatened
Additional information
Anguilliform body up to 150 cm long, somewhat compressed laterally in the anterior part and much in the posterior part, without scales, pectoral and ventral fins, one gill slit on each side in the form of a pore.
Additional information
Bibliography
- Lythgoe, J. & Lythgoe, G. (1991). Guía de los Peces de Mar del Atlántico Norte y del Mediterráneo.Omega. Barcelona. 256 pp.- Lloris, D. (2015). Ictiofauna marina. Manual de identificación de los peces marinos de la Península Ibérica y Baleares. Omega. 674 pp. Biblioteca del Departamento de Zoología