Mediterranean Moray (Mureana helena)
Distribution: Atlantic Ocean, since the Gulf of Biscay until the a Mauritânia. Coast Occidental person of the Mediterranean. Açores, Madeira and the Canaries.

Habitat: Benthic, usually in crevices between rocks and small caves.

Biology and behaviour: Up to 130 cm length. Carnivorous, these nocturnal predators have prolonged tube-like nostrils, using their developed sense of smell to hunt.

IUCN Red Book category: None.

 
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