murina

Moray eel Moray eel is serpentine shaped fish that has very elongated, slimy, scaleless body. The body is cylindrical in front and flattened in the tail section. In a flat, long, small head, strong and sharp teeth are hidden on the palate and jaws. The basic color is brown, and its whole body is spotted with various dots and spots of irregular shape, yellow in color. The longest muraenas grow to 1.30 meters in length and can weigh 8 kg, while the average specimens weigh about a 500 g. It lives on rocky overgrown seabed, more on the sides of the island and along the coast facing the open sea. It mostly resides in holes and crevices, from which lurks his victim with its head and when it notices it, it attack swiftly grabbing it with its teeth. It can be often found on the wrecks of sunken ships. It leaves his residence at night moving out in search of food. Voracious and aggressive, muraena eats all that comes under its teeth, and its favorite food is fish and cephalopods. Its habitat is at depths between 5 and 50 meters. Biting with its strong teeth muraena creates a large wound, the pain is tremendously strong, and bitten place remains stiff. When muraena bites, it won't let go. It struggles trying to pull the victim inside its shelter dangling with head which increases the pain and widens the wound.

Murina Riba zmijolika oblika, jako izdužena i sluzava tijela po kojem nema ljuske. Tijelo je sprijeda valjkasto, a u repnom dijelu spljošteno. U spljoštenoj i produženoj, ali maloj glavi na nepcu i čeljustima kriju se jaki i oštri zubi. Temeljna boja je smeđa, a čitavo joj je tijelo išarano raznim točkama i mrljama nepravilna oblika, žute boje. Maksimalno naraste do 1,30 metara duljine i 8 kg težine, dok su prosječni primjerci teški oko pola kilograma. Živi na obraslu kamenitu i hridinastu dnu te na brakovima, više na stranama otoka i uz obale okrenute otvorenom moru. Uglavnom boravi u rupama i procjepima iz kojih joj izviruje samo glava. S takve pozicije vreba žrtvu, a kada je primijeti strelovito napada hvatajući je svojim zubima. Vrlo rado se zadržava na podrtinama potonulih brodova. Svoje boravište napušta noću, kada kreće u potragu za hranom. Proždrljiva i agresivna, jede sve što joj dođe pod zube, a najdraža su joj hrana ribe i glavonošci. Stalna su joj prebivališta na dubinama između 5 i 50 metara Ujedom snažnih zuba murina stvara veliku ranu, bol je strahovito jaka, a ujedeno mjesto ostaje utvrdnuto. Kada zagrize murina ne popušta. Ona se bori nastojeći žrtvu povući prema svom skloništu. Pritom mlatara glavom što povećava bol i širi ranu.

Benthos