Description. In TL: preanal length 2.2 – 2.4, predorsal length 8.9 – 11, head length 7.8 – 8.6, body depth at anus 21 – 29. In head length: snout length 5.7 – 7.6, eye diameter 7.5 – 10, upper-jaw length 2.8 – 3.3. Pores: LL 2, SO 3, IO 4, POM 6. Vertebrae: predorsal 5 – 9, preanal 48 – 52, total 124 – 130. Body moderately elongate; anus before midlength; dorsal-fin origin before gill opening. Snout moderately short, jaws of equal length. Eye moderate, over middle of upper jaw. Anterior nostril tubular; posterior nostril above anterior part of eye. Teeth conical to triangular, pointed, finely serrate on posterior edge. Intermaxillary teeth in a single peripheral series, 6 on each side; 0 – 3 median teeth. Maxillary teeth uniserial or biserial, 0 – 3 inner and 12 – 20 outer. Dentary teeth uniserial or biserial, with 0 – 5 larger inner teeth anteriorly, 16 – 24 smaller outer teeth. Vomerine teeth small, uniserial or biserial, about 6 – 12. Color: body pale yellowish with two longitudinal rows of 35 – 39 irregular dark brown spots, most notably larger than orbit and in vertical alignment with spot of other row; a third row of irregular dark brown spots midventrally, these merging with spot above to form short bars on posterior two-thirds of tail; pale interspaces between large spots with numerous small dark brown spots of variable size, except ventrally. Head with numerous dark brown spots of variable size, a few dorsally on posterior half of head larger than orbit. Iris white. Anterior nostril pale. Maximum size at least 396 mm.
Sumber: Review of the moray eels (Anguilliformes: Muraenidae) of the Red Sea, with description of a new species