Uropterygius concolor, Unicolor snake moray : aquarium

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Uropterygius concolor Rüppell, 1838

Unicolor snake moray
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Actinopteri (ray-finned fishes) > Anguilliformes (Eels and morays) > Muraenidae (Moray eels) > Uropterygiinae
Etymology: Uropterygius: Greek, oura = tail + Greek pterygion = little wing. Fin (Ref. 45335).  More on author: Rüppell.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; brackish; reef-associated; depth range 1 - 10 m (Ref. 90102).   Tropical; 35°N - 31°S, 32°E - 139°W

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Indo-Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa (Ref. 33390) to the Marquesan and Society islands, north to southern Japan, south to New Caledonia; the Carolines in Micronesia.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 50.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 30573)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Vertebrae: 119 - 123. Drab brown in color, tip of tail yellow (Ref. 3257). Median fins restricted to the end of the tail (Ref. 3257).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Lives in mangrove swamps, brackish rivers, and shallow coral reefs to depths of at least 8 m (Ref. 1602).

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Myers, R.F., 1991. Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p. (Ref. 1602)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 123251)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 11 August 2011

CITES (Ref. 123416)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Aquarium: commercial
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 24.7 - 29.3, mean 28.4 °C (based on 3283 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00069 (0.00033 - 0.00144), b=3.12 (2.93 - 3.31), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.5   ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate vulnerability (41 of 100) .
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 71.5 [34.6, 135.9] mg/100g ; Iron = 0.628 [0.379, 1.175] mg/100g ; Protein = 18.4 [16.2, 20.8] % ; Omega3 = 0.271 [0.107, 0.760] g/100g ; Selenium = 41.3 [17.9, 90.6] μg/100g ; VitaminA = 94.9 [21.9, 358.2] μg/100g ; Zinc = 1.46 [0.94, 2.20] mg/100g (wet weight);