These animals hunt mostly at night for a variety of small fish and crustaceans. Moray eels are the top predators within their reef environment. Some species of morays even eat other eels. To find food, green morays follow their noses. These eels are both nearsighted and colorblind, and react to the scent of food by darting around the tank following a scent.
Morays continually open and close their mouths, showing off their impressive teeth.
Double-hinged mouths allow the moray to open and close its mouth both vertically and horizontally. These dual hinges enable the moray to eat large objects. In addition to the sharp teeth that line its mouth, a moray eel also has a row of teeth on the roof of its mouth. Of the 18 species of moray eels found along the Atlantic, the green morays are the largest. They are found in coral reefs along the Mediterranean coast, and also in the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian Oceans.