The general Tuvaluan name for an eel is pusi or puhi, or in relation to eared eels, tuna, such as the black-edged conger eel, (Conger cinereus). The most common species are: (pusi kena or puhi tea) peppered moray (Gymnothorax pictus); (pusi uli) whitemouth moray (Gymnothorax meleagris); (pusi ulaula or puhi gatala) giant moray (Gymnothorax javanicus); (puleva), starry or snowflake moray (Echidna nebulosa). (Pusi uli or puhi), fimbriated moray (Gymnothorax fimbriatus), also known as dark-spotted moray or spot-face moray, is a moray eel that is also found on the reefs.
