It has a long eel-like body and is found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea.

[4] The Mediterranean moray has an elongated, eel-like body and can reach a length of 1.5 metres (4 ft 11 in) and weigh over 15 kilograms.

[citation needed] It prefers rocky bottoms and lives at depths between 1 and 801 metres with the 100–300 m range the most common habitat.

The Mediterranean moray spends most of the day in cavities and clefts between rocks and is more active at night.

The bite of the Mediterranean moray can be dangerous mainly due to the mildly toxic slime of its skin.