Moray eels are long slender fish with bulbous heads, rounded snouts and gradually tapering tails.

It is basically a dull yellow colour with a mottled pattern of dark brown or black covering most of the surface.

Young fish may have a brighter yellow background colour with brown blotches.

[4] The yellow-edged moray is usually a solitary fish, tending to hide in a crevice or submerged in the sediment with just its head protruding.

[4] This moray eel was recently identified as a natural predator of the lionfish Pterois miles in its native habitat in the Red Sea.