Uropterygius oligospondylus
| Uropterygius oligospondylus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Muraenidae |
| Genus: | Uropterygius |
| Species: | U. oligospondylus
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| Binomial name | |
| Uropterygius oligospondylus | |
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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