Uropterygius Explained

Uropterygius is a genus of moray eels in the family Muraenidae.

Species

There are currently 20 recognized species in this genus:

• Uropterygius concolor Rüppell, 1838 (Unicolor snake moray)
• Uropterygius cyamommatus Huang, Liao & Tan, 2023 ^[1]
• 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
• 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)

Formerly included species

• Anarchias cantonensis – formerly Uropterygius cantonensis

Notes and References

1. Wen-Chien Huang, Te-Yu Liao and Heok Hui Tan. 2023. Uropterygius cyamommatus, A New Moray Eel (Anguilliformes: Muraenidae) from Anchialine Caves in Christmas Island, Australia, and Panglao Island, the Philippines. Raffles. Bull. Zool. 71; 268–278.