Moray Eel

Photo: Fabrizio Frixa · © all rights reserved

The crevice-riddled volcanic basalt of Miseno Bay provides perfect moray habitat, and it is unusual to complete a dive here without at least three or four sightings of the Mediterranean moray peering from its den entrance. Morays here cooperate in coordinated hunts with roving groups of grouper — a behaviour documented in the Mediterranean but rarely witnessed by casual divers. Their population density is a reliable proxy for reef health and the absence of destructive fishing pressure.