Uropterygius

Kingdom Animalia Family Muraenidae Scientific name Uropterygius Rank Genus		Class Actinopterygii Subfamily Uropterygiinae Phylum Chordata Order Eel

Similar Eel, Scuticaria tigrina, Gymnomuraena, Enchelycore, Latticetail moray

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

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There are currently 20 recognized species in this genus:

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)