Description. In TL: preanal length 2.0 – 2.2, predorsal length 9.4 – 11, head length 7.6 – 8.8, body depth at anus 19 – 24. In head length: snout length 5.1 – 6.7, eye diameter 9.4 – 11, upper-jaw length 2.5 – 3.0. Pores: LL 2, SO 3, IO 4, POM 6. Vertebrae: predorsal 5 – 6, preanal 61 – 64, total 139 – 148. Body moderately elongate, anus slightly before midlength, dorsal-fin origin before gill opening. Jaws moderate, of equal length. Eye moderate, over middle of upper jaw. Anterior nostril tubular; posterior nostril in a low tube, over or just in front of anterior edge of eye. Teeth smooth, conical to narrowly triangular; intermaxillary teeth in a single peripheral series of about 4 on each side, 2 or 3 median teeth. Maxillary teeth biserial, 2 – 3 larger inner teeth and about 1 1 – 15 smaller outer teeth. Dentary with 2 or 3 large teeth anteriorly followed by about 11 – 14 smaller teeth, the larger teeth sometimes distinctly medial to smaller teeth. Vomerine teeth uniserial in young, biserial in adults. Color: body and head white covered with numerous, polygonal, black spots separated by narrow interspaces often forming a honeycomb-like pattern. Spots larger and more widely separated in young. Maximum size at least 2 m.
Sumber: Review of the moray eels (Anguilliformes: Muraenidae) of the Red Sea, with description of a new species