Super Small Hawaiian Dragon Eel

[jmaneyapanda]

ichthyoid;415175 wrote: In general all the morays I have kept (several, though not extensive) would all eat anything they could swallow. Snowflakes are small so 'lunch' is considerably smaller too. This also includes two ribbon eels. Of course getting the ribbons to 'find' lunch was another matter. I will bet this little guy will have no such trouble, as long as he is provided with appropriately sized prey. I think you can tell a lot about a morays feeding behavior, based on the shape of their mouth's. Check out the beak on this little beast!

It actually has far more to do with the shape of their teeth. IE- snowflake are crustacean eaters and have blunted teeth, weheras dragons are fish eaters, and have numeorus pointy needle teeth.

 

[ichthyoid]

+1 Great point! That is a pretty universal truth throughout Animalia.

 

[ichthyoid]

jmaneyapanda;415183 wrote: It actually has far more to do with the shape of their teeth. IE- snowflake are crustacean eaters and have blunted teeth, weheras dragons are fish eaters, and have numeorus pointy needle teeth.

Zebra's have the same teeth, rounded

 

[shadow]

Just in case someone didn't get just how small this guy is. This is a pic of him next to a suction cup on a heater. He is eating Mysis.
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[son of adam]

Good Lord! You are doing some cool things over there. Biggest steel stand ever and smallest dragon eel ever. What you got coming next?