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Uropterygius xenodontus McCosker & Smith, 1997

Black snake moray
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Hawaii country information

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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> 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 Ekologi

marina revassocierade; djupintervall 6 - 35 m (Ref. 27479).   Tropical

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

Size / Vikt / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 53.0 cm TL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 37816)

Short description Bestämningsnycklar | Morfologi | Morfometri

Ryggkotor: 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).

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

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

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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 Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 19 August 2011

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless




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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 24.8 - 29.4, mean 28.1 (based on 1041 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00069 (0.00033 - 0.00144), b=3.12 (2.93 - 3.31), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trofisk nivå (Ref. 69278):  3.5   ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resiliens (Ref. 120179):  Mellan, lägsta populationsfördubblingstid 1,4-4,4 år (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate vulnerability (41 of 100).