| Lokale naam | Yellow-spotted snake eel |
| Taal | English |
| Type | Vernacular |
| Officiële handelsnaam | No |
| Rang | 3 - (Other common name) |
| Land | Hawaii |
| Lokaliteit | |
| Ref. | Tinker, S.W., 1978 |
| Levensfase | juveniles and adults |
| Geslacht | females and males |
| Kern van de naam | primary lexeme |
| eerste bijkomend naamsdeel | non-fish animal |
| tweede bijkomend naamsdeel | color pattern(s) |
| Opmerkingen | 'eel' from Middle English, 'ele', from Old English 'ael' and akin to Old High German, 'ãl' (Ref. 11978); 'snake' like 'serpent' and 'snail' is etymologically the 'crawling' animal, from a prehistoric German base denoting 'crawl' (p. 485 in Ref. 11979). |