Description. In TL: preanal length 2.0 – 2.3, predorsal length 8.3 – 11, head length 7.5 – 11, body depth at anus 14 – 27. In head length: snout length 4.8 – 6.5, eye diameter 6.9 – 12, upper-jaw length 2.1 – 2.7. Pores: LL 2, SO 3, IO 4, POM 6. Vertebrae: predorsal 4 – 6, preanal 54 – 58, total 130 – 139. Body moderately elongate; anus usually 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 with a raised rim, above and behind anterior margin of eye. Teeth smooth, slender, conical to triangular. Intermaxillary teeth in a single peripheral series, usually 2 median teeth. Maxillary teeth biserial, inner teeth fewer and larger. Dentary teeth biserial anteriorly, with 2 – 4 large inner teeth, uniserial posteriorly. Vomerine teeth uniserial. Color: yellowish, densely and finely mottled with dark brown spots sometimes in gravel-like pattern, often to the extent that little of the pale yellowish ground color remains; small specimens with spots larger and more widely spaced; snout, front of lower jaw, and anterior nostril purplish brown; a black blotch over gill opening; fins dark basally with a conspicuous greenish yellow or yellow margin posteriorly. Maximum size at least 1.2 m.
Sumber: Review of the moray eels (Anguilliformes: Muraenidae) of the Red Sea, with description of a new species