Muraena melanotis is a moray eel found in the eastern and western Atlantic Ocean.

[3] It grows to a maximum length of about 1 metre.

[2] In the eastern Atlantic Ocean, this fish occurs along the coast of Africa from Mauritania to Namibia, including Cape Verde and the islands in the Gulf of Guinea.

In the western Atlantic, this fish occurs in the Caribbean.

[2] This Muraenidae article is a stub.