[5] It is widespread throughout the Indo-Pacific area from the eastern coast of Africa throughout Micronesia including the Red Sea and to Hawaii.

[7][8] The species is also found in the eastern Central Pacific from southern Baja California, Mexico, and from Costa Rica to northern Colombia.

[7] The snowflake moray has a blunt white snout that goes into a yellowish, brown, and black striped speckled pattern.

[7] This species is distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific area from the eastern coast of Africa throughout Micronesia including the Red Sea and to Hawaii.

[7][8][11] It is also found in the eastern Central Pacific from southern Baja California, Mexico, and from Costa Rica to northern Colombia.

[11] The snowflake moray is often found residing in seagrass beds with rock rubble, rocky shallows,[4] intertidal reef flats, and tide pools.

They are carnivores, readily accepting just about any meaty foods, including krill, shrimp, silversides and octopus meat.