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Black snake moray (Uropterygius xenodontus)
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Black snake moray (Uropterygius xenodontus) specimen
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Muraenidae

Black snake moray

Uropterygius xenodontus

Ray Reaching Fifty Three Centimeters

  • Black
  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Oceania
  • Anguilliform
  • Compressed cross-section
  • Large
  • Tropical fish

Black snake moray is a marine fish of Pacific Ocean. The species occupies reef habitat. Records give a maximum length of 53 cm.

Maximum length
53 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
anguilliform
Distribution
Pacific Ocean: Coral Sea, American Samoa, the Marshall Islands, and Johnston Islands.
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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