Animalia > Chordata > Anguilliformes > Muraenidae > Uropterygius > Uropterygius macrocephalus

Uropterygius macrocephalus (Snowflake eel; Needle-tooth moray; Longhead moray; Large-headed snake moray; Largehead snakemoray; Largehead snake moray; Largehead moray)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Uropterygius makatei is a moray eel found in surge-exposed inshore coral reefs around New Caledonia and Polynesia. It was first named by Gosline in 1958.
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Christmas Island National Park II 21698 Christmas Island, Australia

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Citations

Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0