So I picked up an eel about a month ago. I purchased it as a zebra moray (Gymnomuraena zebra): which is a species I've kept for twenty years.
But the animal pictured below is a different species. The head is more elongate and there is a high dorsal fin, on the typical zebra there is no dorsal at all. Also, zebras have molar-like teeth for crushing mollusks; this eel has very sharp long teeth like a picovore.
If anyone knows what that is, I'd sure like too know. It doesn't appear in Burgess' Atlas or any websites I've found.
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I may have an ID for you. Try Myrichthys colubrinus, here's a pic...
It's not a true moray but, a banded Snake Eel. If this is what you have, I got the picture from here - Banded Snake Eel. There is a short article about the critter.
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I'm leaning towards E. polyzona, but the high dorsal fin isn't a match. As for the snake eels, they have a very different shaped head than a moray:
And are much slighter of build.
Here's another picture showing the whole body. And notice the high dorsal...
This is definitely a moray, time will tell if it's a polyzona. I'm hoping not, because the striking pattern will fade away with age.
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Yes, I'm going to have to agree on E. polyzona. When I did my initial search on Google, polyzona didn't show up. I looked in Scott Michaels', "Reef Fishes" volume #1 and on page 255 is a picture of polyzona. I think that is an accurate ID.
Good luck with it.
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