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Tiger snake eel
Myrichthys maculosus
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Tiger snake eel
- Scientific
- Myrichthys maculosus
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Eels
- Maximum size
- Up to about 1 m (total length); commonly 50 cm
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 0 to 262 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2019
Description
A pale cream snake eel covered with large and small black spots, reaching about 1 m; young fish have black saddles instead. It lives buried in sand on reef flats and lagoons and emerges to hunt, especially at night.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Myrichthys-maculosus.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Tieso_ocelado_(Myrichthys_maculosus),_Zanzíbar,_Tanzania,_2
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.