Species: Monopenchelys acuta, Redface Moray, Redface Eel

Monopenchelys acuta (Parr, 1930)

Redface Moray, Redface Eel

Body slender, elongate; head and trunk 42-47% of TL; snout elongate, broad, conical; eye moderate, over center of mouth; front nostril tubular, rear nostril a small round opening just above front edge of eye; teeth conical, slender, depressible, 2 rows on both jaws, 1 row on roof of mouth; front of top jaws with a central row of ~3 large teeth between the 2 pairs of outer rows; lower jaw with inner row of large teeth only at front; dorsal fin origin slightly behind anus; anal fin origin just behind anus; gill opening a small slit just below mid-side; 1 pore above gill area, 6 along lower jaw, last one at end of mouth.

Reddish brown body; orange-red head; iris yellow; tail tip yellow.

Reaches 21 cm.

Reefs.

Depth range: 10-81 m.

Trans-Atlantic and Indo-central Pacific; the Gulf of Mexico to the Caribbean.