Uropterygius polystictus Myers & Wade 1941
- Dataset
- Checklist of marine and estuarine fishes from the Alaska-Yukon Border, Beaufort Sea, to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Actinopterygii
- order
- Anguilliformes
- family
- Muraenidae
- genus
- Uropterygius
- species
- Uropterygius polystictus
description
Many-spotted Moray, Peppered Moray, or Peppered Snake Moray. To 72 cm (28.3 in) TL (Robertson and Allen 2002). Gulf of California (McCosker and Rosenblatt in Fischer et al. 1995) to southern tip of Baja California (McCosker and Rosenblatt in Fischer et al. 1995) to Colombia (Grove and Lavenberg 1997), including Islas Galápagos (Grove and Lavenberg 1997). Benthic; depth: 0.3 – 35 m (1 – 115 ft) (Personal communication: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Fish Collection, La Jolla, California; max.: McCosker and Rosenblatt in Fischer et al. 1995).