Who is this Moray?

divegypsy · January 16

Here are three shots of a beautiful moray eel that I shot at a dive site called Kalanganyar in Bali a few years ago. The area where I took the picture was a sediment bottom, sand and mud with some small patches of coral or seaweed. I thought I'd found a good ID for it in a French language fish ID book that was in the Ocean Dreams dive shop in Pemuteran, but somehow I lost that ID and couldn't find the book when I was in Ocean Dreams in 2023.

The moray was about 18" long (50 cm.). I have a lot of fish ID books, including Fishes of the East Indies by Allen and Erdmann, and it is not in any of them. The end of the tail in the full length view is particularly distinctive looking. If anyone can give me a positive ID I would appreciate their help. Thank you. Fred