Enchelycore pardalis

Fig. 177. Muraena (Muraena) pardalis Schleg. (After BLEEKER).
Date 1911
Source The fishes of the Indo-Australian Archipelago p.358 https://archive.org/details/fishesofindoaust03weberich/page/358/mode/2up?view=theater
Author Bleeker
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Enchelycorepardalis.jpg

The leopard moray eel, tiger moray eel or dragon moray (Enchelycore pardalis), is a species of marine fish in the family Muraenidae. The leopard moray eel is widespread throughout the Indo-Pacific oceans from Réunion to the Hawaiian, Line and Society Islands, north to southern Japan, southern Korea, and south to New Caledonia. This eel is characterized by its narrow, curved jaws, vivid red stripes on the head, and elongated tubular nostrils.

Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Muraenidae
Genus: Enchelycore
Species: Enchelycore pardalis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)