Striking new moray eel discovered in Central Indo-Pacific river mouths, named after god of the underworld

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Dec 30, 2024, 12:19 pm382 ptsTop
The Hades' snake moray (Uropterygius hades), a dark brown, slender snake moray eel, has chosen the road less traveled, thriving in dim and muddy river mouths, unlike most of its marine moray eel relatives. It is widely distributed across the Central Indo-Pacific, and has been found in southern Japan, Taiwan,…

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