Scientific Name	Scuticaria tigrina   Pronounce			by: Hong-Ming Chen
Author	(Lesson, 1828)	Depth	0 - 3M
Chinese	虎斑鞭尾鯙	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鯙科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F079　Muraenidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	虎斑鞭尾鱔
Max Length	120 cm	Aquarium Fish	Yes	Common Name	虎斑長圓鯙、錢鰻、薯鰻、虎鰻、糬鰻(澎湖)
Distribution in World	India Ocean to Pan_Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	South
Habitats	Benthos、Estuary、Coastal、Lagoon、 Coral&Sand	Holotype Locality	Bora Bora, Society Islands [French Polynesia, South Pacific]
Synonyms	Gymnomuraena tigrina, Ichthyophis tigrinus, Scuticaria tigrinus, Uropteryginus tigrinus, Uropterygius tigrinus
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；Chen, H. M., K. T. Shao and C. T. Chen. 1994. A review of muraenid eels (Family Muraenidae) from Taiwan with descriptions of twelve new records. Zoological studies 33(1):44-64；Chen, H. M., K. T. Shao and C. T. Chen. 1997. Systematic studies the Muraenid fishes (Muraenidae) from the waters around Taiwan, Ph. D. Thesis, Department of Fishery Science, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, pp. 1-257 (in Chinese).  沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Chen, H.-M., K.-T. Shao etc. 1994
Specimen List	ASIZP0056524. ASIZP0069966. ASIZP0803288. ASIZP0913288. NTOU-AE0382. NTOU-AE1977. NTOU-AE3681.
Barcode	2008-08-05,Chia-Hao Chang,CO1,100%
Common Name	Leopard spotted moray; Tiger reef-ell
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	HL 13, DGO 29, TR 1.7 in TL; Vert 116. Posterior nostrils tubular, equal to anterior nostril in length, all are whitish. Body elongated. Tail length about 3 in total length. Generally yellow to orange body, blotched with roundish dark-brown spots. Jaws speckled with many small dark-brown spots.
habitats	Inhabits lagoon and seaward reefs. Found on sand and between rocks.
Distribution	Indo-Pacific: East Africa, north to Taiwan, Philippines and Hawaiian Islands; Micronesia.
Utility	aquarium.