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.

Class: Teleosts
Order: True Eels
Family: Muraenidae
Genus: Scuticaria
Maximum length: 140 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Indo-Pacific: East Africa to the Society Islands, north to the Philippines, Taiwan (Ref. 6934 ), and the Hawaiian Islands. Eastern Central Pacific: Mexico (including the Revillagigedo Islands), Costa Rica, and Panama (Ref. 9324 ).
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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