Uropterygius
Uropterygius is a genus of moray eels in the family Muraenidae.
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| A moray eel Uropterygius xanthopterus, hidden behind a sea urchin. | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Muraenidae |
| Subfamily: | Uropterygiinae |
| Genus: | Uropterygius Bloch, 1795 |
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Species
There are currently 20 recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Uropterygius concolor Rüppell, 1838 (Unicolor snake moray)
- Uropterygius fasciolatus (Regan, 1909) (Blotched moray)
- Uropterygius fuscoguttatus L. P. Schultz, 1953 (Brown spotted snake moray)
- Uropterygius genie J. E. Randall & Golani, 1995
- Uropterygius golanii McCosker & D. G. Smith, 1997
- Uropterygius inornatus Gosline, 1958 (Drab snake moray)
- Uropterygius kamar McCosker & J. E. Randall, 1977 (Barlip reef-eel)
- Uropterygius macrocephalus (Bleeker, 1864) (Needle-tooth moray)
- Uropterygius macularius (Lesueur, 1825) (Marbled moray)
- Uropterygius marmoratus (Lacépède, 1803) (Marbled reef-eel)
- Uropterygius micropterus (Bleeker, 1852) (Tidepool snake moray)
- Uropterygius nagoensis Hatooka, 1984
- Uropterygius oligospondylus I. S. Chen, J. E. Randall & K. H. Loh, 2008 (Few-vertebrae moray)
- Uropterygius polyspilus (Regan, 1909) (Large-spotted snake moray)
- Uropterygius polystictus G. S. Myers & Wade, 1941 (Many-spotted moray)
- Uropterygius supraforatus (Regan, 1909) (Many-toothed snake moray)
- Uropterygius versutus W. A. Bussing, 1991 (Two-holes moray)
- Uropterygius wheeleri Blache, 1967
- Uropterygius xanthopterus Bleeker, 1859 (Freckleface reef-eel)
- Uropterygius xenodontus McCosker & D. G. Smith, 1997 (Black snake moray)
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References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Uropterygius in FishBase. December 2012 version.
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