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Green moray eels (Gymnothorax funebris) are one of the most common and one of the largest of the moray eels. These eels average 1.8m in length, but can grow up to 2.5m long. The dark green to brown color comes from a yellowish mucous that covers its blue skin to provide protection from parasites and infectious bacteria. Additionally, they are often camouflaged to hide in the reef from unsuspecting prey. Their large mouths feature strong, pointed sharp teeth. The body is muscular with a long dorsal fin that extends down the length of the body starting from the head and ending in a short tail fin. Green morays are nocturnal predators with poor eyesight that primarily use their sense of smell to hunt for fish, squid, octopuses, crabs and occasionally other eels. Green morays have been observed eating octopuses whole as well as tentacle by tentacle. They are found in the Western Atlantic: New Jersey (USA), Bermuda and northern Gulf of Mexico to Brazil, and recorded once from Nova Scotia, Canada, Eastern Atlantic and eastern Pacific. For more on eels, see this post.