Dragon Eel being cleaned by Skunk Shrimp

My Dragon Eel (Enchelycore Pardalis) being cleaned by a Skunk Shrimp (Lysmata Amboinensis). If you look good you can see the pharyngeal jaw when the eel opens its mouth. This second set of jaws is used to help swallow prey.

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[JAY Fido]

just wondering i know its a little late for this but how long do moray eel's live for in captivity and in the wild?? i've been very curious to know some say 30-40 years some say 5-4 years

[DeadAt959]

I would probably way a good average for morays would be about 20yrs or so. 4-5 years is rather short. I know the giant moray (gymnothorax javanicus) lives for a LONG time. When my father was young, he would dive with this old man in this spot off the coast. The old man told him theres a big eel that lives there and not to hurt it or worry about it because it was there from when the old mans father was young. I dont know how true that is but from what i understand it was a very big eel.

[JAY Fido]

so just wondering how much did you pay for the eel?

[DeadAt959]

This particular one my friend caught for me. I ended up giving him $200 for the trouble.

[JAY Fido]

wow!! that is pretty impressive that is one beautiful specimen if i say so myself though do most of the eel's are they wild caught or do people actually make an effort of captive breeding them?..is the eel still doing okay? it would be sad if it were to pass away or be given to someone else such a beauty

[DeadAt959]

Thanks man. Yeah doing fine still! At the moment, there hasnt been any record of captive breeding morays that im aware of. Lots of hurdles, not to mention rearing the larvae.

[DahFletch]

Dragon morays are awesome

[Jon71586]

Thats a brave little shrimp going into that huge animals mouth

[Tara Wolf]

OMG! I WANT HIM!!! He's so adorablez! :3

[JAY Fido]

your most welcome bro lol anytime..XD i see what you mean good luck with your dragon eel i hope it lives a long happy life and hope you do to..and thank you for the information on eel's it was really interesting and fun..well then i hope you take care it was an honor talking to you until then i bid you farewell...bye