moray id from animal world site

[albinomoray]

http://animal-world.com/encyclo/marine/eels/eels.php

I saw a what appeared to be a vey small moray eel in brackish water listed as a panther eel. It was about 8" long and looks like the body of the eel on the far left and just under the picture it says there are 2 eels pictured but I can see four distinct body types. The one that has the larger white spots looks like what I saw in the LFS and was wondering if anyone knew just what species it was? No one at the store knew for sure. If it is still there in a few weeks I may consider getting him but wanted to make sure I could take proper care of him first because I do not know how big it can get. I will be getting a 55 for the albino moray I have now and did not know if it would be ok for these two. The albino will remain somewhat small and most likely will not reach much over 18" from what info I have ascertained. Thank you

 

[rottbo]

do you want a marine eel a freshwater eel or a bracksih eel??

 

[albinomoray]

I have a brackish water aquarium now with an albino moray that I highly believe to be an Echidna rhodochilus and what I had seen in the LFS had the exact same markings as the body shown on the far left. It may be a marine species that ventured into brackish and just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time and got captured. I could not easily locate info to determine if it was a species that could live out its life in brackish like what I have as well as staying close enough in size to be kept together? So the answer to your question is brackish water and the LFS had listed on the tank 1.008 which is what I have in my tank. They had this little eel priced at $100.00 and I did not want to get him unless I knew I could take care of him for the long haul not knowing if it would grow too large for anything from a 55 gallon up to a 125 gallon tank.

 

[albinomoray]

I have done some research and the closest I could find with the same type of markings is a jewel moray (muraena lentignosa) the color is a little different. I believe this is a marine species that just ventured into brackish as it still is a juvenile. Are there any other species that would have the same type of markings that anyone maybe aware of?

 

[albinomoray]

Just found out with certainty that this little guy is a jewel eel and is amongst the smallest morays reaching 24" but will eventually need a full marine setting.

 

[Jesse]

I have a brackish water aquarium now with an albino moray that I highly believe to be an Echidna rhodochilus

Are you sure? Gymnothorax tile, aka FW snowflake moray, is far more common than E. rhodochilus, aka white-cheeked FW moray, in the hobby. Both are BW species, but E. rhodochilus is much more sensitive, IMO.