CATDOLL : CATDOLL: What kind of fish is this that moray eel fishermen call a dragon?

The moray eel fishermen call the flower dragon is a naked breasted eel, scientific name: muraenesox cinereus, living in the depth of 9-110 meters, with a body length of up to 150 cm. It is a bottom-dwelling fish, living in lakes and reef slopes with gravel bottoms, foraging at night, and is carnivorous, feeding on fish, octopus, and crustaceans. It is aggressive, with sharp teeth in its mouth, which can cause trauma. Although it tastes delicious, its meat is highly poisonous. Its fresh meat, dried meat, and cooked fish are all poisonous, so be careful when eating it. There have been cases of ciguatera poisoning. The flower dragon is a type of moray eel or moray eel, which is relatively fierce. Moray eel (scientific name: muraenesox cinereus) is a fish of the moray family and moray genus. The body is elongated, the trunk is nearly cylindrical, and the tail is flattened laterally. The head is large and cone-shaped. The snout is long and pointed. The body length is 17.8 times the body height and 6.5 times the head length; the tail length is 1.4 times the head and trunk; the head length is 3.3 times the snout length.

Related information: Conger eels are ferocious bottom fish that swim quickly and often live in sea areas with a depth of 50-80 meters and a bottom of sand, mud or reefs. They are carnivorous and feed on shrimps, crabs, fish, squids, octopuses, etc. The feeding intensity is higher from July to September. The composition of the food varies with the increase of the fish body length. The proportion of shrimps and crabs gradually decreases with the increase of body length, while the proportion of cephalopods increases. They are distributed from the Indian Ocean to the western Pacific Ocean, from the Red Sea, the Persian Gulf, the west coast of India and Sri Lanka to Fiji and Tuvalu, north to Japan and South Korea, south to the Arafura Sea and northern Australia, etc. They are widely distributed in various sea areas in China.

As the title says, according to the video searched online, it refers to the naked breast eel. The specific species is not subdivided. The scientific name

Muraenidae Gymnothorax fish

The picture below shows the undulating naked eel Gymnothorax undulatus (Undulatus naked eel)

It lives at a depth of 9-110 meters and can grow up to 150 centimeters in length. It is a benthic fish that lives in lagoons and reef slopes with gravel bottoms. It forages at night and is carnivorous, feeding on fish, octopuses, and crustaceans. It is aggressive and has sharp teeth in its mouth that can cause trauma.

Although delicious, the meat is highly poisonous. Fresh meat, dried meat, and cooked fish are all poisonous, so be careful when eating them. There have been cases of ciguatera poisoning.