Interesting Facts
Description
Habitat
Biome: Marine .
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Class:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
()
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
()
- Cohort:
Elopomorpha
()
- Greenwood et al., 1966
- Order:
Anguilliformes
()
- Suborder:
Muraenoidei
()
- Family:
Muraenidae
()
- Subfamily:
Uropterygiinae
()
- Genus:
Uropterygius
()
- Rüppell, 1838
- Specific name:
macularis
- Scientific name: - Uropterygius macularis
- Specific name:
macularis
- Genus:
Uropterygius
(
- Subfamily:
Uropterygiinae
(
- Family:
Muraenidae
(
- Suborder:
Muraenoidei
(
- Order:
Anguilliformes
(
- Cohort:
Elopomorpha
(
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
(
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
(
- Class:
Osteichthyes
(
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Uropterygius
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 23 species and subspecies in this genus:
U. acutus (Redface Moray) · U. cantonensis (Canton Island Moray) · U. concolor (Brown Moray) · U. fasciolatus (Gosline´s Snake Moray) · U. fuscoguttatus (Brown-Spotted Snake Moray) · U. galapagensis (Hardtail Moray) · U. golanii (Gosline's Snake Moray) · U. inornatus (Black Snake Moray) · U. kamar (Barlip Snakemoray) · U. macrocephalus (Large-Headed Snake Moray) · U. macularius (Marbled Moray) · U. marmoratus (Marbled Eel) · U. micropterus (Shortfin Snake Moray) · U. nagoensis (Nago Snake Moray) · U. necturus (Griffin's Moray) · U. polyspilus (Large-Spotted Snake Moray) · U. polystictus (Many-Spotted Moray) · Scuticaria okinawae (Seale's Moray Eel) · U. supraforatus (Many-Toothed Snake Moray) · U. tigrinus (Tiger Reef Eel) · U. versutus (Two-Holes Moray) · U. xanthopterus (White-Speckled Snake Moray) · U. xenodontus (Black Snake Moray)
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Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 14, 2007:
- Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, MCZ Fish Collection
Identifiers
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14876189
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2100736
