Uropterygius oligospondylus
Uropterygius oligospondylus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Muraenidae |
Genus: | Uropterygius |
Species: | U. oligospondylus
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Binomial name | |
Uropterygius oligospondylus , J. E. Randall & , 2008
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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[]
- ^ 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.
Categories:
- Uropterygius
- Fish described in 2008
- Muraenidae stubs