Muraenidae

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.