Uropterygius macrocephalus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Muraenidae |
Genus: | Uropterygius |
Species: | U. macrocephalus |
Binomial name | |
Uropterygius macrocephalus Bleeker, 1864 | |
Synonyms | |
Uropterygius makateiGosline, 1958 |
Uropterygius macrocephalus is a moray eel found in coral reefs in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. [2] It is commonly known as the needle-tooth moray, large-headed snake moray, largehead snake moray, largehead moray, longhead moray, or the snowflake eel. [3] It is used sometimes in aquariums. [2]
Uropterygius is a genus of moray eels in the family Muraenidae.
Anarchias leucurus is a moray eel found in the Pacific Ocean. It was first named by Snyder in 1904 as Uropterygius leucurus, and is commonly known as Snyder's moray, the fine-spotted moray or the finespot moray. It is thought to be the smallest species of moray, and may actually represent several different species or subspecies.
Scuticaria okinawae is a moray eel found in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. It is commonly known as the shorttailed snake moray, shorttail moray, Seale's moray eel, or the Bennett's moray.
Uropterygius concolor is a moray eel found in coral reefs in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. It was first named by Rüppell in 1838, and is commonly known as the unicolor snake moray, uniform reef-eel, brown reef-eel, brown moray eel, or the brown moray. It is mostly dull brown in colour, with the tip of the tail being yellow.
Uropterygius fasciolatus is a moray eel found in coral reefs in the western central Pacific Ocean. It was first named by Regan in 1909, and is commonly known as the blotched moray, barred moray, or the Gosline's snake moray.
Uropterygius fuscoguttatus is a moray eel found in coral reefs in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. It is commonly known as the brown spotted snake moray, brown snake moray, or the finless moray. It is mostly dark brown in colour, with darker brown spots approaching the tail.
Uropterygius golanii is a moray eel found in the western Indian Ocean, in the northern Red Sea. It is grayish-brown in colour. It reaches a maximum length of around 45 centimetres (1.48 ft).
Uropterygius xenodontus is a moray eel found in coral reefs in the Pacific Ocean. It is commonly known as the black snake moray, strange-toothed snake moray, or the wedge-tooth snake moray.
Uropterygius kamar is a moray eel found in coral reefs in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. It is commonly known as the barlip reef-eel, barlip snakemoray, moon moray, or the moon snake moray.
Uropterygius macularius is a moray eel found in coral reefs in the western Atlantic Ocean. It is commonly known as the marbled moray.
Uropterygius makatei is a moray eel found in surge-exposed inshore coral reefs around New Caledonia and Polynesia. It was first named by Gosline in 1958.
Uropterygius marmoratus is a moray eel found in coral reefs in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. It is commonly known as the marbled reef-eel, marbled eel, marbled snake moray, marbled moray, or the slender conger eel.
Uropterygius micropterus is a moray eel found in coral reefs in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. It is commonly known as the tidepool snake moray, shortfin snake moray, or the shortfinned reef-eel.
Uropterygius nagoensis is a species of moray eels found in the western Pacific Ocean. It was first named by Kiyotaka Hatooka in 1984, and is commonly known as the Nago snake moray.
Uropterygius polyspilus is a moray eel found in coral reefs in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. It is commonly known as the large-spotted snake moray.
Uropterygius polystictus is a moray eel found in coral reefs around Mexico and the Galapagos Islands. It is commonly known as the many-spotted moray, or the peppered moray.
Uropterygius supraforatus is a moray eel found in coral reefs in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. It is commonly known as the many-toothed snake moray, or the toothy snakemoray.
Uropterygius versutus is a moray eel found in the eastern Pacific Ocean, from Mexico to Panama. It is commonly known as the two-holes moray, or the crafty moray. It dwells on sand and between rocks on ocean floors.
Uropterygius wheeleri is a moray eel found in shallow waters in the eastern Atlantic Ocean, around Cape Verde, Senago, and islands in the Bay of Biafra.
Uropterygius xanthopterus is a moray eel found in coral reefs in the Pacific and Indian oceans. It is commonly known as the freckleface reef-eel, spottedface moray, or the white-speckled snake moray.