This moray eel does not look so pale because it got scared when it saw you, but rather because it’s a distant cousin from colder waters! Thanks to Alan Deidun for sharing the information in a FB post!
Look at those fangs! The fangtooth moray (Enchelycore anatina), a species originally native of the north-east Atlantic but which has since settled nicely in the Mediterranean too, sometimes occurring side by side with the native moray eel…photos taken by Ludwig Micallef in Malta, central Mediterranean….Spot the Alien Fish campaign….
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Alan Deidun on Facebook Post