The giant moray (Gymnothorax javanicus) is a species of moray eel and a species of marine fish in the family Muraenidae. In terms of body mass, it is the largest moray eel; however, the slender giant moray is the largest in terms of body length.[2]
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The giantmoray (Gymnothorax javanicus) is a species of moray eel and a species of marine fish in the family Muraenidae. In terms of body mass, it is...
The slender giantmoray or Gangetic moray, Strophidon sathete, is the longest member of the family of moray eels. It is in the genus Strophidon. The longest...
observed recruiting giantmorays to help them hunt. The invitation to hunt is initiated by head-shaking. This style of hunting may allow morays to flush prey...
with heat before eating. Moray eels also produce toxic mucus, and can store toxins in their flesh and organs. The giantmoray is a reef fish at the top...
roving coralgroupers (Plectropomus pessuliferus) sometimes cooperate with giantmorays in hunting. Groupers are also one of the only animals that eat invasive...
marisrubri) and giantmoray eels (Gymnothorax javanicus) provide compelling evidence for interspecific cooperative hunting. Groupers visit moray eels at their...
triggerfish and should not be disturbed if tending to eggs. Moray eels such as the Giantmoray are only occasionally aggressive; most bites result from divers...
Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. The Meg, the giantmoray eel Great Abaia, and the giant squid Lusca. The Great are 3 sea monsters featured as...
ciguatera toxin from glands on its skin. Like many other apex reef fish, the giantmoray can cause ciguatera poisoning if eaten. The stargazer buries itself in...
reproduction in spring. They sometimes engage in cooperative hunting with the giantmoray (Gymnothorax javanicus), the humphead wrasse (Cheilinus undulatus), or...
and crustaceans. They sometimes engage in cooperative hunting with the giantmoray (Gymnothorax javanicus), the humphead wrasse (Cheilinus undulatus), or...
The longest fish in the order, at up to 4 m (13 ft), is the slender giantmoray (Strophidon sathete) of the Indo-Pacific oceans. Silversides (Atheriniformes)...
"Interspecific Communicative and Coordinated Hunting between Groupers and GiantMoray Eels in the Red Sea". PLOS Biology. 4 (12): e431. doi:10.1371/journal...
of fish, including the blue-spotted fantail ray, emperor angelfish, giantmoray, parrotfish, redmouth grouper, Red Sea bannerfish and clearfin lionfish...
and coral trout spot prey that is inaccessible to them, they signal to giantmoray eels, Napoleon wrasses or octopuses. These predators are able to access...
sleeping hole of a giantmoray and shake their head at the moray, and this seems to be an invitation to group hunting as the moray often swims away with...
with many fish, including the regal blue tang, and marine eels like the giantmoray. Apex Predators of the Seas Visitors walk through a tunnel that allows...
the big fish becomes a race". The New York Times. Retrieved 3 March 2013. Giant Catfish May Be World's Largest Freshwater Fish National Geographic, 28 October...
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