> [!summary]- Classification
**Kingdom**:: Animals
**Phylum**:: Chordata
**Subphylum**:: [Vertebrata](Vertebrata.md)
**Superclass**:: Osteichthyes
**Class**:: Actinopterygii
**Subclass**:: Neopterygii
**Superorder**:: Acanthopterygii
**Order**:: Anguilliformes
**Suborder**::
**Superfamily**::
**Family**:: Muraenidae
**Subfamily**::
**Genus**:: Muraena
**Species**:: M. helena
**Vernacular**:: Mediterranean morray
## Photos
*[135 - 2023-07-22 - Grottes fauconières - Saint Cyr - France](135%20-%202023-07-22%20-%20Grottes%20fauconières%20-%20Saint%20Cyr%20-%20France.md) - How cute it looks?* 🤓
*[131 - 2023-05-19 - Pirate des Caraïbes - Epidaurus - Greece](131%20-%202023-05-19%20-%20Pirate%20des%20Caraïbes%20-%20Epidaurus%20-%20Greece.md) - Common morray in mediterranean sea, but still very photogenic. Easy to get some great pictures out of it.*
*[117 - 2023-04-29 - Le Gibus - Saint Cyr - France](117%20-%202023-04-29%20-%20Le%20Gibus%20-%20Saint%20Cyr%20-%20France.md) - A little head is out! With some [Vegetalia](Vegetalia.md) around: [Padina spp.](Padina%20spp..md), [Dictyota spp.](Dictyota%20spp..md), [Sphaerococcus coronopifolius - Berry wart cress](Sphaerococcus%20coronopifolius%20-%20Berry%20wart%20cress.md)*
## Notes
It can be found in symbiosis with the [Lysmata seticaudata](https://doris.ffessm.fr/Especes/Lysmata-seticaudata-Crevette-nettoyeuse-rouge-816) red shrimp. Sometimes, it can be parasited by some tiny copepods.**
## References
- https://doris.ffessm.fr/Especes/Muraena-helena-Murene-commune-740/(rOffset)/1
- [Découvrir la vie sous-marine - Méditerranée - Steven Weinberg](Découvrir%20la%20vie%20sous-marine%20-%20Méditerranée%20-%20Steven%20Weinberg.md) p420