Uropterygius xanthopterus

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lexID:: 4571
AphiaID:: 212038

Scientific:: Uropterygius xanthopterus
German:: Muräne
English:: Freckleface Reef-ee

Category:: Murene
Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Anguilliformes (Order) > Muraenidae (Family) > Uropterygius (Genus) > xanthopterus (Species)
Initial determination:: Bleeker, 1859

Occurrence:: Réunion , the Society Islands, the Cocos Islands / Keeling Islands, Marquesas Islands, Northern Mariana Islands, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), Line Islands, Mozambique, Papua, Vietnam, Comores, Kiribati, Africa occidentale, Christmas Islands, Filippine, Guam, Indonesia, Indopacifico, Isole Marshall, Maldive, Micronesia, Nuova Caledonia, Palau, Picairns, Polinesia Francese, Samoa, Samoa americane, Seychelles, Sudafrica, Sumatra, Tonga
Size:: bis zu 62cm
Temperature:: 24,6°C - 29,3°C
Food:: Cibo vivo, Mysis
Tank:: ~ 500 Liter
Difficulty:: Mediamente facile
Offspring:: None

CITES:: Not evaluated

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Uropterygius concolor
Uropterygius fasciolatus
Uropterygius fuscoguttatus
Uropterygius genie
Uropterygius golanii
Uropterygius inornatus
Uropterygius kamar
Uropterygius macrocephalus
Uropterygius macularius
Uropterygius marmoratus
Uropterygius micropterus
Uropterygius nagoensis
Uropterygius oligospondylus
Uropterygius polyspilus
Uropterygius polystictus
Uropterygius supraforatus
Uropterygius versutus
Uropterygius wheeleri
Uropterygius xanthopterus
Muräne
Uropterygius xenodontus

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2012-08-26 10:17:43
Last edit:: 2012-08-26 10:17:43

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Bleeker, 1859

Found in crevices of shallow reefs, as well as drop-offs.

Synonyms:
Uropteryginus xanthopterus Bleeker, 1859
Uropterygius alboguttatus Smith, 1962
Uropterygius xanthropterus Bleeker, 1859

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopteri (Class) > Anguilliformes (Order) > Muraenidae (Family) > Uropterygiinae (Subfamily) > Uropterygius (Genus) > Uropterygius xanthopterus (Species)

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