Uropterygius hades

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Uropterygius hades Huang, Hibino, Balisco & Liao, 2024

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> Anguilliformes (Eels and morays) > Muraenidae (Moray eels) > Uropterygiinae
Etymology: Uropterygius: Greek, oura = tail + Greek pterygion = little wing. Fin (Ref. 45335); hades: Named after Hades, the ancient Greek god of the underworld, referring to its habitation in turbid estuarine waters, high sensitivity to light, and its uniformly dark coloration, reminiscent of the underworld god; noun in apposition.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / distribuzione batimetrica / distribution range Ecologia

marino; acqua dolce; salmastro benthopelagico; distribuzione batimetrica 2 - 10 m (Ref. 132453). Tropical

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Indo-Pacific Ocean: Japan (Ryukyu Arch.), Taiwan, the Philippines, Indonesia (southern Java) to Fiji.

Size / Peso / Age

Maturità: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 34.9 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 132453)

Short description Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria

Vertebre: 117 - 122. This small, slender moray eel, possible maximum TL < 35.0 cm, female mature at 17.1 mm TL is distinguished by the following characters: anus at mid-length of body; eyes small and anteriorly placed; snout pointed; upper jaw slightly longer than lower jaw; teeth sharply pointed with smooth edges and recurved tips; intermaxillary teeth in 5 rows; maxillary and dentary teeth biserial, the inner rows extending to about posterior end of jaws; vomerine teeth in single row; branchial pore absent; total vertebrae 117-122. Colouration: body uniformly dark brown; head pores, oral cavity, and inner skin of posterior nostril and gill opening whitish; iris reddish-brown (Ref. 132453).
Cross section: oval.

Biologia     Glossario (es. epibenthic)

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Huang, W.-C., R.A. Balisco, F.C. Evacitas and T.-Y. Liao, 2024. Description of a new uniformly brown estuarine moray eel (Anguilliformes, Muraenidae) from the Central Indo-Pacific Ocean. ZooKeys 1220:15-34. (Ref. 132453)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Fonte Biblio. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Trophic level (Fonte Biblio. 69278):  3.5   ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilienza (Fonte Biblio. 120179):  Medio, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 1.4 - 4.4 anni (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (25 of 100). 🛈