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Uropterygius polyspilus (Regan, 1909)

Large-spotted snake moray
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French Polynesia country information

Common names: Puhi
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Reported from the Society Is. (Ref. 33390).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/fp.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Fricke, R., 1999
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Common names from other countries

Mummuline madumureen, 多斑尾鳝, Pusi, ... more

Classification / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Especie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Anguilliformes (Eels and morays) > Muraenidae (Moray eels) > Uropterygiinae
Etymology: Uropterygius: Greek, oura = tail + Greek pterygion = little wing. Fin (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Regan.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecología

marino asociado a arrecife; rango de profundidad 1 - 18 m (Ref. 58302).   Tropical; 30°N - 18°S

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Indo-Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa to the Hawaiian and Society islands.

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 78.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 90102)

Short description Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría

Vértebra: 130 - 136. Covered with large dark purplish-brown spots arranged in 2-3 irregular series on a reddish-tan background. Closely resembles Scuticaria tigrina which has dark spots of differing sizes.

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Has been collected on reef flats (Ref. 37816). Benthic (Ref. 58302). Feeds on shrimps and fishes (Ref. 89972). Possibly a protogynous hermaphrodite (Ref. 32169).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Reproducción | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larva

Protogyny unconfirmed (Ref. 84746).

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Randall, J.E. and D. Golani, 1995. Review of the moray eels (Anguilliformes: Muraenidae) of the Red Sea. Bull. Mar. Sci. 56(3):849-880. (Ref. 10713)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

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