Amazonian Freshwater Moray... too good to be true?

[ShadowBass]

We have one in here in Australia that lives in the tropical rainfrost rivers this moray only lives in freshwater.

Likely something called moray commonly, but not a true moray.

Several moray species will perioidically travel into freshwater (or spend part of their lives there), but spend most of their adult life in brackish or marine.

The only reference to an Amazonian species is on http://members.tripod.com/~stingray_21/index.html, and quite frankly looking at everything else on this site I'm not inclined to trust it much!

I wouldn't trust someone that claims to have a species that hasn't been documented (Morays living isolated in freshwater).
Or something rare enough that information can't be found on it, and doesn't give a scientific name....

I have never heard of an actual moray that is truly freshwater.

 

[platystoma]

Gymnothorax polyuranodon the eel looks very much like this.

 

[ShadowBass]

Gymnothorax polyuranodon the eel looks very much like this.

Those are dimersal. Travel between fresh and brackish.

No species of moray lives in isolated freshwater environments, or stays in freshwater permanently.

 

[ShadowBass]

Those are dimersal. Travel between fresh and brackish.

No species of moray lives in isolated freshwater environments, or stays in freshwater permanently.

Hmmm. Was looking through my posts and I meant to put diadromous there. Hopefully this didn't cause any confusion for anyone.