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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Also Ref. 37816.
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Main Ref: Mundy, B.C., 2005
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Common names from other countries

Strange-toothed snake moray, Muréna lagunová, Talbhammas-madumureen, ... more

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> Anguilliformes (Eels and morays) > Muraenidae (Moray eels) > Uropterygiinae
Etymology: Uropterygius: Greek, oura = tail + Greek pterygion = little wing. Fin (Ref. 45335); xenodontus: Specific name from the Greek 'xenikos' meaning strange and 'odontos' meaning tooth..
More on authors: McCosker & Smith.

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

seewasser riff-verbunden; tiefenbereich 6 - 35 m (Ref. 27479). Tropical

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Pacific Ocean: Coral Sea, American Samoa, the Marshall Islands, and Johnston Islands.

Size / Gewicht / Alter

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 53.0 cm TL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 37816)

Kurzbeschreibung Bestimmungsschlüssel | Morphologie | Morphometrie

Wirbelzahl: 154 - 157. Body uniformly gray-brown; laterally compressed, subrectangular in cross-section. Vertical fins restricted to the tail tip; anus at mid-body; one branchial pore (Ref. 27479).

Inhabits corals and crevices of shallow lagoon and seaward reefs (Ref. 37816). Benthic (Ref. 58302). Maximum depth reported taken from Ref. 86942.

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Fortpflanzung | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larven

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McCosker, J.E. and D.G. Smith, 1997. Two new Indo-Pacific morays of the genus Uropterygius (Anguilliformes: Muraenidae). Bull. Mar. Sci. 60(3):1005-1014. (Ref. 27479)

IUCN Rote Liste Status (Ref. 130435)

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Uropterygius xenodontus McCosker & Smith, 1997