LFS "Morays" vs. Edible Eels

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So I had a funny experience just now.

Went from my LFS to the Chinatown fish market. In my LFS they had very large "morays" of the variety people are always calling freshwater and they were in fact kept in fresh there. Not here to talk about the healthiness of that. Point is, they had these very large "freshwater morays" going for like $70 (admittedly, a bit overpriced IMO but apparently they were selling--they're big). Then, in chinatown, in a styrofoam box, were a ton of still live eels that looked EXACTLY THE SAME (same size, coloration, face shape, etc.) for $5.99/lb. I was half tempted to buy a couple of the livelier looking ones just to see if I could keep them alive, haha.

So my question is, could I have basically bought the same eels (although obviously in far worse health/conditions) in chinatown as an actual pet? Could they possibly be the same sp?

I should start buying the edible ones, nursing them back to health, then selling them to the LFS for like $25 a pop! ;)
 
[video=youtube;xnHBQo2BqtU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnHBQo2BqtU[/video]

^like those? absolutely! I've had the fish in that video for over 2 years now and i bought it from a fish market.
 
Looks the same more or less! Hard to tell from the video specifically. Still, I wonder if this is the same sp or similar to the ones in the store.
 
My friend tried something similar with a type of gody I think it was but couldn't get it to eat!! It eventually died

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View attachment 815648This is commonly labeled as the freshwater moray eel and is very common at most lfs. They can be completely black, gray and white to be tan with yellow or white speckles.
 
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