Scuticaria tigrina
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Muraenidae
Genus: Scuticaria
Species:
S. tigrina
Binomial name
Scuticaria tigrina
(Lesson, 1828)[2]

Scuticaria tigrina is a moray eel found in coral reefs in the Pacific and Indian Oceans.[3] It is commonly known as the tiger reef-eel, tiger snake moray, tiger moray eel, tiger moray, tiger eel, spotted eel, or the spotted snake moray.[4]

References

  1. ^ Smith, D.G.; Tighe, K.; McCosker, J. (2019). "Scuticaria tigrina". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T195816A2422080. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T195816A2422080.en. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  2. ^ Lesson, R. P. (1828). "Description du nouveau genre Ichthyophis et de plusieurs espèces inédites ou peu connues de poissons, recueillis dans le voyage autour du monde de la Corvette La Coquille". Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. 4: 399–400.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Scuticaria tigrina" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
  4. ^ Common names for Scuticaria tigrina at www.fishbase.org.

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