Uropterygius oligospondylus

Uropterygius oligospondylus
Scientific classification
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

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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[Loh-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.