Muraenidae

tiger reef eel

Scuticaria tigrina

Black spots resemble tiger stripes

• Tropical
• Transcontinental
• Marine fish
• Indian Ocean
• Pacific Ocean
• Africa
• Central America and the Caribbean
• East Asia
• North America
• Southeast Asia
• Anguilliform
• Large
• Tropical fish

Scuticaria tigrina is a moray eel found in coral reefs in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. It is commonly known as the tiger reef-eel, tiger snake moray, tiger moray eel, tiger moray, tiger eel, spotted eel, or the spotted snake moray. It has distinctive black spots and stripes resembling tiger marks and is known to camouflage within the reef environment.