freckleface reef-eel

Uropterygius xanthopterus

Sixty Two Centimeters Eel from the Indian Ocean

Tropical
Transcontinental
Marine fish
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Africa
Oceania
Anguilliform
Large
Tropical fish

Uropterygius xanthopterus is a moray eel found in coral reefs in the Pacific and Indian oceans. It is commonly known as the freckleface reef-eel, spottedface moray, or the white-speckled snake moray.

Class: Teleosts
Order: True Eels
Family: Muraenidae
Genus: Uropterygius
Maximum length: 62 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Indo-Pacific: East Africa to the Line, Marquesan, and Society islands, north to the Mariana (Ref. 33390 ) and Marshall islands.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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