Snowflake Moray

Photo: Karolle Wall · CC BY-NC

Snowflake morays inhabit the crevices within Coral Gardens' branching coral heads, hunting crustaceans at night using molariform teeth adapted to crush hard-shelled prey rather than pierce fish — an unusual dietary specialisation among morays. Their bold black-and-white patterning makes them one of the most photogenic eel species in Hawaii, regularly encountered on the reef's shallower coral terraces.