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.