| Common name | Tiger snake moray |
| Language | English |
| Type | Vernacular |
| Official trade name | No |
| Rank | 3 - (Other common name) |
| Country | Micronesia (Federal States of) |
| Locality | |
| Ref. | Myers, R.F., 1991 |
| Life stage | juveniles and adults |
| Sex | females and males |
| Core | other fish |
| 1st modifier | non-fish animal |
| 2nd modifier | non-fish animal |
| Remarks | 'snake' like 'serpent' and 'snail' is etymologically the 'crawling' animal, from a prehistoric German base denoting 'crawl' (p. 485 in Ref. 11979); 'moray' from Latin 'muraena' and Greek 'myraina', i.e., a fish of which the ancients were very fond. |