Uropterygius oligospondylus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Muraenidae
Genus: Uropterygius
Species:
U. oligospondylus
Binomial name
Uropterygius oligospondylus
I. S. Chen, J. E. Randall & K. H. Loh, 2008

Uropterygius oligospondylus is a moray eel.[1]

Description

It has fewer vertebrae than its congenerate animals, a gray body background with a blackish reticular pattern, and a greater body depth at gill opening 7.3.

References

  1. ^ Loh, KH; IS Chen; JE Randall; HM Chen (January 2008). "A review and molecular phylogeny of the moray eel subfamily Uropterygiinae (Anguilliformes: Muraenidae) from Taiwan, with description of a new species" (PDF). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 19: 135–150.


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