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Uropterygius polyspilus (Regan, 1909)

Large-spotted snake moray
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Tanzania country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from Zanzibar.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/tz.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.isp.msu.edu/AFRICANSTUDIES/PLEA/TAFIRI.HTM
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Randall, J.E. and D. Golani, 1995
National Database:

Common names from other countries

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

Classificação / Names Nomes comuns | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Espécies) | 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 Ecologia

marinhas associadas(os) a recifes; intervalo de profundidade 1 - 18 m (Ref. 58302).   Tropical; 30°N - 18°S

Distribuição Países | Áreas FAO | Ecossistemas | Ocorrências | Point map | Introduções | Faunafri

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

Tamanho / Peso / Idade

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 78.0 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 90102)

Descrição breve Chaves de identificação | Morfologia | Morfometria

Vértebras: 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.

Biologia     Glossário (ex. 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 | Reprodução | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvas

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)

Categoria na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 130435)

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