Banana Eel?

[PinkLady]

I was glancing through the Diver's Den tonight, drooling over the Skeletor eel that I'm dying to get, when I came across this new addition -- now I'm drooling twice as hard! This HAS to be on my list for my eel tank...

http://www.liveaquaria.com/DiversDen/ItemDisplay.cfm?c=2733+3&ddid=77735

 

[mr.reef24]

wow I want him too

mr.reef24

 

[PinkLady]

After doing some reading, it's apparently the same species as the golden moray eel, just a different color mutation found off the cost of Brazil. Basically the yellow pigment is more prominent and they come in variations -- some that are solid yellow with no dark pigment (like this one) and some with large spots/blotches of brown pigment all over and anything in between.

 

[spotfin]

That is a sweet eel! And yes, it is a color varient of a goldentail moray (Gymnothorax miliaris). That one in the Divers' Den is probably the best looking one I have seen. Really like the spotting around the eyes.

 

[PinkLady]

I really hope my stuff from the VA comes through ASAP so I can get my big tank and get it going before that eel gets sold.