Tessalata eel?

[littlefoxx]

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Seen this eel listed a few times in different places. Is this just another name for a tessalata eel or is it different?

 

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Seen this eel listed a few times in different places. Is this just another name for a tessalata eel or is it different?

The leopard moray is indeed another name for the tessalata but the species listed (enchelycore pardalis) is a dragon moray but the picture enlisted there is a tessalata

The species name for the tessalata is (gymnothorax favagineus) also known as the laced moray

 

[littlefoxx]

The leopard moray is indeed another name for the tessalata but the species listed (enchelycore pardalis) is a dragon moray but the picture enlisted there is a tessalata

The species name for the tessalata is (gymnothorax favagineus)

Ah okay thank you! I thought something seemed weird with the listing!

 

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Ah okay thank you! I thought something seemed weird with the listing!

I don't get how some people confuse the tessalata with something else, i believe the tessalata is that one eel which anyone can tell just by looking

 

[littlefoxx]

I don't get how some people confuse the tessalata with something else, i believe the tessalata is that one eel which anyone can tell just by looking

Agreed, which is why I asked cause I was like maybe there is another closely pattered eel! Cause if that was the case I was so getting one lol but I want other fish and a tessa will eat them as you know lol

 

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Agreed, which is why I asked cause I was like maybe there is another closely pattered eel! Cause if that was the case I was so getting one lol but I want other fish and a tessa will eat them as you know lol

There is a eel which is confused for a Tess by even some marine biologists, that's the gymnothorax isingteena, i saw it selling at a lfs but i didn't have a tank big enough for it at that time haha

 

[littlefoxx]

There is a eel which is confused for a Tess by even some marine biologists, that's the gymnothorax isingteena, i saw it selling at a lfs but i didn't have a tank big enough for it at that time haha

Ooo that one is pretty! Looks massive though

 

[Slocke]

E pardalis costs thousands and that is definitely not one. The description is of one but that photo and the description are obviously of different fish.

 

[littlefoxx]

E pardalis costs thousands and that is definitely not one. The description is of one but that photo and the description are obviously of different fish.

This is the same place that send me Ghost with her injuries so Im not surprised they messed the website up! But the dragon moray is my dream fish! I wont tell anyone when I win the lottery but there will be signs… lol

 

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This is the same place that send me Ghost with her injuries so Im not surprised they messed the website up! But the dragon moray is my dream fish! I wont tell anyone when I win the lottery but there will be signs… lol

The dragon moray is beautiful, but I am not really interested since it doesn't seem to be that rare (I love rare eels) but do be careful when purchasing one, most of them are collected through cyanide

 

[littlefoxx]

The dragon moray is beautiful, but I am not really interested since it doesn't seem to be that rare (I love rare eels) but do be careful when purchasing one, most of them are collected through cyanide

Lol I dont have the money at all for one!!! But if I won the lottery I would so get one lol. Ivar kind of looks like a dragon so good enough for me!

 

[Slocke]

Lol I dont have the money at all for one!!! But if I won the lottery I would so get one lol. Ivar kind of looks like a dragon so good enough for me!

Is that an Enchelycore? As that is the dragon genus

 

[Slocke]

Since you are both here any thoughts on why my spotted snake eel has stopped eating. Has hardly eaten anything for a couple months after being ravenous for years.

 

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Is that an Enchelycore? As that is the dragon genus

From my research it seems to be a muraena lentiginosa, the main differences between an enchelycore and a muraena i believe is the teeth and a more elongated snout

 

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Since you are both here any thoughts on why my spotted snake eel has stopped eating. Has hardly eaten anything for a couple months after being ravenous for years.

Did you recently do any changes?
Added new tankmates?
What is it's diet?

 

[Slocke]

Did you recently do any changes?
Added new tankmates?
What is it's diet?

Only change is I reduced my nutrients massively.
Diet is mostly salmon and squid with occasional silversides, krill, and mussels

 

[littlefoxx]

Is that an Enchelycore? As that is the dragon genus

Im not sure what he is, was sold to me as a jeweled but his face looks more like a mexican dragon eel to me. The store had no clue what his scientific name was!!

 

[littlefoxx]

Since you are both here any thoughts on why my spotted snake eel has stopped eating. Has hardly eaten anything for a couple months after being ravenous for years.

Is he losing weight??

 

[Slocke]

Is he losing weight??

Haven't seen more then its head. Used to come out when it was hungry

 

[littlefoxx]

Only change is I reduced my nutrients massively.
Diet is mostly salmon and squid with occasional silversides, krill, and mussels

Ive noticed my eels dont like squid much anymore actually. Like maybe one piece but they all turn their nose up at squid so maybe try other foods? Mine love silversides, LRS chunky, and even large chunks of half thawed Pe mysis clumps