Moray Eel

Photo: Piotr Linke · © all rights reserved

Mediterranean moray eels occupy crevices throughout the cave entrances and boulder fields, reaching up to 1.5 metres and providing a dramatic photographic subject against the sponge-encrusted rock. They hunt at night using an extraordinarily sensitive olfactory system, tracking fish and octopus by scent alone. Symbiotic cleaner wrasse are frequently observed servicing their mouths during daylight resting hours.