- Title
- The moray eels of the Western Indian Ocean and the Red Sea
- Title
- Ichthyological Bulletin; No. 23
- Creator
- Smith, J.L.B. (James Leonard Brierley), 1897-1968
- Date Issued
- 1962
- Date
- 1962
- Type
- Text
- Identifier
- vital:14991
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1019663
- Identifier
- Ichthyological Bulletin; No. 23
- Description
- The reefs of the Western Indian Ocean hold a dense population of marine eels of all kinds, and the morays are well represented. On some reefs in the more remote parts not often visited by humans we found a swarming population of morays, at low tide great numbers were moving freely all over the reef. In more inhabited areas there are fewer as the natives kill all they can, fearing them as much as snakes. Some species attain a large size, in East African coral reefs we have seen some with bodies the thickness of a man’s thigh. Native divers have told us that they fear these eels more than any other marine creature, as they have been known to seize a diver under the water, and so held he is powerless and drowns in a short time as there is no escaping from their powerful grip. While in some parts morays are eaten, they are apparently nowhere valued as food. In East Africa only certain natives eat them, but a number are dried for sending inland. In some parts the flesh of the moray produces an intoxication that may prove fatal (Ichthyosarcotoxism) and for which no antidote is known.
- Description
- Rhodes University Libraries (Digitisation)
- Format
- [ii], 421-422, [1] plate, 423-424, [i] plate, 425-426, [i] plate, 427-428, [i] plate, 429-430, [i] plate, 431-434, [i] plate, 435-436, [i] plate, 437-438, [i] plate, 439-440, [i] plate, 441-442, [i] plate, 443-444; ill.; 28 cm.
- Format
- Format
- Online version of original print edition of the Ichthyological Bulletin; No. 23
- Contributor
- Smith, Margaret Mary (Illustrator)
- Publisher
- Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Ichthyological bulletin (Rhodes University. Department of Ichthyology)
- Rights
- Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
- Rights
- CC BY-NC-SA : Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
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