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Family Muraenidae

HAWAII

Echidna nebulosa

Waikiki Aquarium

 

Ft. Kamehameha, Oahu, 4 feet

 

Kewalo Pipe, Oahu, 50 feet

Kewalo Pipe, Oahu, 50 feet

 

Dumaguete, Philippines

Pokai Bay, Oahu, 15 feet

Koloa Landing, Kaua'i, 40 feet

SNOWFLAKE MORAY     puhi kāpā     Kumo-Utsubo

Fairly common on shallow sandy reefs where it hunts during the day for shellfish, crushing them with molar-like teeth.  Attains 28 inches.  Hawai‘i, the Indo-Pacific, and Tropical Eastern Pacific.