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Teleostei (teleosts) > Anguilliformes (Eels and morays) > Muraenidae (Moray eels) > Uropterygiinae
Etymology: Uropterygius: Greek, oura = tail + Greek pterygion = little wing. Fin (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Bleeker.

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

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 1 - 14 m (Ref. 37816). Tropical; 32°N - 18°S

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Indo-Pacific: Red Sea (Ref. 84159); Reunion and Mauritius (Ref. 33390), Seychelles (Ref. 10685); Christmas Island to the Society Islands, north to southern Japan and the Hawaiian islands. Eastern Pacific: southern Gulf of California to Ecuador, including the Revillagigedo, Cocos, and Galapagos islands (Ref. 9324). Specimen from Thailand needs further comparison (Ref. 1632).

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 47.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 96339)

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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 0; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 0; Vertebrae: 102 - 119. Teeth biserial.

This species inhabits exposed seaward reefs to a depth of 14 m or more (Ref. 37816). Benthic (Ref. 58302). Solitary in crevices, rarely seen (Ref 90102).

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Chen, H.-M., K.-T. Shao and C.T. Chen, 1994. A review of the muraenid eels (Family Muraenidae) from Taiwan with descriptions of twelve new records. Zool. Stud. 33(1):44-64. (Ref. 6934)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 126983)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 19 August 2011

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Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Aquarium: commercial

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 25.1 - 29.3, mean 28.6 °C (based on 2982 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00071 (0.00044 - 0.00113), b=3.14 (3.00 - 3.28), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for species & Subfamily-BS (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.).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Moderate vulnerability (37 of 100).

Nutrients (Ref. 124155): Calcium = 47.8 [26.1, 88.8] mg/100g ; Iron = 0.511 [0.303, 1.059] mg/100g ; Protein = 18.8 [16.5, 21.4] % ; Omega3 = 0.105 [0.047, 0.296] g/100g ; Selenium = 28.3 [15.5, 59.4] μg/100g ; VitaminA = 85.7 [25.5, 267.5] μg/100g ; Zinc = 1.08 [0.76, 1.52] mg/100g (wet weight);

Uropterygius macrocephalus (Bleeker, 1864)