Rare Tesselata Eels (Gymnothorax favagineus)

This eel arrived at Southern California-based Blue Zoo Aquatics in January 2009. While it is not terribly unusual to see tesselata eels in the marine aquarium hobby, the 11-inch long one that showed up at Blue Zoo today is anything but usual.

This is an ultra-rare white tesselata eel, says Mark Martin, director of marine ornamental research at Blue Zoo. We have never seen this color variant—white with small black spots. All other tesselata eels weve seen are black with white markings.

The name "tesselata eel" is commonly used in Australia and Papua New Guinea for the animal known to marine scientists as Gymnothorax favagineus. The eel is also commonly referred to as the black-blotched moray, the black-spotted moray, the honeycomb moray, and, most commonly in North America, the laced or leopard moray.

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• Tesselata Eel
• Gymnothorax favagineus
• black-blotched moray
• the black-spotted moray
• the honeycomb moray
• laced moray
• leopard moray

[911kratos]

when i got my first fresh water moray eel it was the biggest mistake of my life, it took out all my fish

[tashdog1]

have you still got that eel if so how big is he now

still love him or her

[dug420420]

ever have any luck feeding your tessalta? i just got doing lots of research for mine that im expecting wed. silver sides squid octopus scallops or shrimp are all readily available foods you can try. I had to try 6 different types of food for 4 weeks before my zebra moray ever started eating.

[jeenagail]

i mean the tesselata eel, what do you feed them? thank you

[jeenagail]

i just got one of this, what do they eat? pls help...

[maryanngaribay]

beautyful and scary i dont want to touch those

[tcpill]

i think its real kewl i like the nameTesselata eel hmm my name is Tessa??

[cosmicgate07]

Beautiful animal. I'm thinking to get one but want to learn everything I can about them if anyone knows a site of moral eels I"d appreciate it

[DidionFish]

Wow! I think of most eels as being shy, but this guy is BOLD, especially for a new arrival! I wish he would fit in my tank....