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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Muraenidae |
| Genus: | Scuticaria |
| Species: | S. tigrina
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References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Scuticaria tigrina". FishBase.
- ^ Common names for Scuticaria tigrina at www.fishbase.org.
External links
edit- Photos of Scuticaria tigrina on Sealife Collection
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