It looks more like a moray eel from this picture.

The moray eel and the sea eel are not the same kind of fish.

Sea eels (Muraenidae), found in tropical and subtropical oceans, live in shallow waters, among rocky reefs and in crevices. Unlike other eels, the gill holes are small and rounded, generally without pectoral fins. The skin is thick, smooth and scale-free.

The large mouth and sharp teeth make it suitable for catching and biting prey (mainly other fish), but it can also seriously injure its natural predators, including humans. The moray eel attacks humans when it is infested, at which point it can become very aggressive.

It is long like a snake, with a small head and a protruding mouth full of sharp teeth, so large that it can't close its mouth. Another surprising feature of the moray eel is the position of the teeth.

The eel's teeth are in two pairs of jaws, one in the mouth and the other in the throat. The skin of the moray eel is not scaly and is covered with a reddish halo pattern that has undergone a make-up-like process. Its maroon spots, scattered blotches, and stripes sometimes form bizarre patterns.

The moray eel (scientific name: muraenesox cinereus), economic fish; a ferocious carnivorous fish. Scleractinian eel-shaped order, moray eel family, moray eel genus. The body is long and cylindrical, and the tail is laterally compressed. The tail is longer than the sum of the head and trunk lengths. The head is long and pointed. Eyes oval. Mouth large, tongue attached to the floor of the mouth. Maxillary teeth strong and sharp, 3 rows; ? plastron with 10-15 large laterally compressed teeth in the middle.

Body not scaly, with 140-153 lateral line pores. The dorsal and anal fins are attached to the caudal fin. Body yellowish brown, large individuals with 1 dark brown stripe along each side of dorsal fin base. Vertebrae 142～154. It is widely distributed in eastern Africa, the Indian Ocean and the northwestern Pacific Ocean. It is found along the coast of China, with the East China Sea as the main production area.

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Eating

Sea eel meat is thick, fine, tasty, high fat content, can be eaten fresh, made of salted dried products or can. Eel meat is mixed with other fish to make fish balls and fish sausages, which are more flavorful and flexible. Dried eel replica watches and dried swim bladder of eel are good for food.

Nutritional Analysis

1, eel is rich in a variety of nutrients, has a deficiency of blood, dampness, anti-TB, etc., is a long time sick, weak, anemic, tuberculosis and other patients with good nutrients;

2, the eel body contains a rare West River Rock protein, has a good effect on the strong sperm and kidneys, is the young couples, the middle-aged and old people health food;

3, eel is rich in calcium aquatic products, often eat, can make the blood calcium value increased, make the body strong;

4, eel's liver is rich in vitamin A, is an excellent food for the night blind.