Morena Verde (Gymnothorax funebris)
Mi nombre “verde” viene del color que me da una capa de moco que cubre mi piel, no por mis escamas, ya que no tengo. Esta mucosa me protege de bacterias y parásitos del océano.
Referencias
Böhlke, E. B., McCosker, J. E., & Böhlke, J. E. (1989). The fishes of the western Atlantic. Volume 1: Anguilliformes and Saccopharyngiformes. Memoirs of the Sears Foundation for Marine Research.
Mehta, R. S., & Wainwright, P. C. (2007). Raptorial jaws in the throat help moray eels swallow large prey. Nature, 449(7162), 79–82. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature06062
Robertson, D. R., & Van Tassell, J. (2015). Shorefishes of the Greater Caribbean: online information system. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. https://biogeodb.stri.si.edu/caribbean/en/thefishes/species/3972
Smith, D. G. (2012). Moray eels (Muraenidae). In: Carpenter, K.E. (Ed.), The living marine resources of the Western Central Atlantic. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes.