Species: Scuticaria tigrina, Tiger moray, Tiger reef-eel
both nostrils tubular
eyes small
Scuticaria tigrina (Lesson, 1828)
Tiger reef-eel, Tiger moray
Body very elongate, cylindrical, semi-rigid; head & snout short; eye small; front and rear nostrils short tubes; mouth long; teeth conical, sharp, in 2 rows along jaws, in 5 rows at front between top jaws, 1 row of 4-5 teeth on roof of mouth; tail very short (29-37% of TL), with blunt, skin-covered tip; dorsal & anal fins barely visible, only near tip of tail.
Ground color of body pale yellowish grey; body, tail & rear of head densely marked with dark blotches and spots of varying sizes; front of head, snout & jaws with dense small dark spots and dots; nostrils dark.
Size: 140 cm.
Habitat: rocky and rubble bottoms at reefs.
Depth: 5-25 m.
Indo-Pacific; the SW Gulf of California to Panama.
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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Marine Only
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore
- Inshore Only
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Bottom only
- Habitat
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- Reef only
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Rocks
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Corals
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- No Data
- Carnivore
- Diet
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- Mobile benthic worms
- Mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Octopus/squid/cuttlefish
- No Data
- Egg Type
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- Pelagic larva
- Pelagic
- No data
- Global Endemism
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- Indo-Pacific only (Indian + Pacific Oceans)
- TEP non-endemic
- All species
- All Pacific (West + Central + East)
- "Transpacific" (East + Central &/or West Pacific)
- Regional Endemism
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- Continent
- Eastern Pacific non-endemic
- Continent + Island (s)
- Island (s)
- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) non-endemic
- All species
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos)
- Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap)
- Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo)
- IUCN Red List
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- Not evaluated / Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 140
- Depth Range Min
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- 5
- Depth Range Max
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- 25
