Richard Collins: Identification of new moray species is the eel deal

The Hades' Snake Eel was found in the Philippines. But the oceans are warming relentlessly... fish from sub-tropical seas are visiting our shores. In 1997, a 1.12m long Mediterranean moray eel was caught off the Waterford coast, the first member of its species to be taken in Irish waters and the most northerly moray record in the North Atlantic at the time

A new estuarine moray eel, Uropterygiushades, Hades snake moray. From Description of a new uniformly brown estuarine moray eel (Anguilliformes, Muraenidae) from the Central Indo-Pacific Ocean pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39698230/

Fishes live in the sea As men do a-land, the great ones eat up the little ones — William Shakespeare.

We all have our demons. Some of us fear rats, others are spooked by spiders. A friend of mine, who refuses to ‘see’ a therapist, won’t visit any country that has snakes.