Monopenchelys

{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}

{{Speciesbox

| name = Redface moray

| image = Monopenchelys acuta - pone.0010676.g012.png

| image_caption = Monopenchelys acuta

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=McCosker, J.E. |year=2010 |title=Monopenchelys acuta |errata=2017 |page=e.T155107A115272578 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T155107A4709400.en |access-date=31 December 2021}}

| parent_authority = E. B. Böhlke & McCosker, 1982

| taxon = Monopenchelys acuta

| authority = (A. E. Parr, 1930)

| display_parents = 2

| synonyms_ref = [http://www.fishbase.org/Nomenclature/SynonymsList.php?ID=9037&SynCode=27266&GenusName=Monopenchelys&SpeciesName=acuta Synonyms of Monopenchelys acuta] at www.fishbase.org.

| synonyms = * Uropterygius acutus Parr, 1930

• Rabula acuta (Parr, 1930)

}}

Monopenchelys acuta, the redface moray or redface eel,[http://www.fishbase.org/comnames/CommonNamesList.php?ID=9037&GenusName=Monopenchelys&SpeciesName=acuta&StockCode=9358 Common names of Monopenchelys acuta] at www.fishbase.org. is a species of saltwater eel, the only member of the genus Monopenchelys of the Muraenidae (Moray eel) family. It is found in the Atlantic, the eastern Pacific, and the western Indian Ocean. Its length is up to {{cvt|209|mm}}.{{FishBase| id=9037 | genus = Monopenchelys | species = acuta | month = June | year = 2011}}