Species: Muraena robusta, Robust Moray, Stout Moray

Muraena robusta Osório, 1911

Stout Moray, Robust Moray

Body robust; head large and thick; snout short, square; head and trunk 41-50% of TL; jaws not arched, mouth completely closable; both nostrils tubular, rear one over front edge of eye; jaw teeth slender, conical, in single row on each jaw; dorsal origin on head, before gill opening; gill opening a small slit on mid- side.

Brown with an orange tint; inside mouth orange; body and fins with many large dark blotches (orange brown at front, blackish at rear) separated by a network of pale lines; gill opening in a large black blotch.

Reaches 186 cm.

Reefs.

Depth range: 0-100 m, adults usually below 30 m.

Primarily an E Atlantic species; N Carolina to the S Caribbean, also in Brazil