White-eyed Moray Eel Gymnothorax thyrsoideus

White-eyed Moray Eel "When you're smiling . . ."
White-eyed Moray Eel Red face.
White-eyed Moray Eel Freckled front end and mauve-grey back end.
The White-eyed Moray Eel is also called the Freckled and the Grey-faced Moray. Several moray eels have white eyes and this one has a pinkish to grey or even red face. The extent of freckling varies from plain whitish to extensive brown spots, usually only for the front half. (Echidna nocturna with white spots on brown is also called the Freckled Moray.)
White-eyed Moray Eel
White-eyed Moray Eel teeth
White-eyed Moray Eel
The White-eyed Moray Eel is native to reefs and wrecks in the eastern Indian Ocean through to the South Pacific.
White-eyed Moray Eel
White-eyed Moray Eel
White-eyed Moray Eel
It grows typically to some 40cm long but can grow to over 60cm.
White-eyed Moray Eel
White-eyed Moray Eel
White-eyed Moray Eel
Like other morays, it is mainly nocturnal, hunting crustaceans and small fish at night and sheltering in a crevice by day.