Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Elopocephalai
Supercohors: Elopocephala
Cohors/Superordo: Elopomorpha
Ordo: Anguilliformes
Subordo: Anguilloidei
Familia: Muraenidae
Subfamilia: Uropterygiinae
Genus: Uropterygius
Species:
Name
Uropterygius Rüppell, 1838
Uropterygius is a genus of moray eels in the family Muraenidae.
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
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
References
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Uropterygius in FishBase. December 2012 version.
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