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Muraenidae (Moray eels) > Uropterygiinae
Etymology: Uropterygius: Greek, oura = tail + Greek pterygion = little wing. Fin (Ref. 45335); mactanensis: Named for its type locality, Mactan I., Cebu, Philippines.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Écologie
marin récifal; profondeur 0 - 20 m (Ref. 131362). Tropical
Distribution
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Western Pacific: the Philipines.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 34.1 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 131362)
Description synthétique
Clés d'identification | Morphologie | Morphométrie
Vertèbres: 107 - 112. This small-sized moray is distinguished by the following characters: body moderately elongated; anus at mid-length of body; intermaxillary teeth in five rows; maxillary and dentary teeth biserial, the inner rows not extending to the posterior end of jaws; one branchial pore; total vertebrae 107-112 . Colouration: body uniformly brown or covered with small, pale inconspicuous blotches; the anterior nostril, oral cavity, and
head pores whitish (Ref. 131362).
Caught from a flat sandy, intertidal zone covered with seagrass (depth range estimated from its occurrence in the intertidal zone) using baited small bamboo traps (locally known as ‘bantak’ in the Philippines) (Ref. 131362).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
Huang, W.-C., Balisco, R.A., F.C. Evacitas and T.-Y. Liao, 2023. Description of a new moray eel (Anguilliformes: Muraenidae) from the Philippines, with a preliminary assessment of genetic and morphological variations of the Uropterygius concolor species complex. J. Fish Biol. 103(3):593-602.
[First published online, pp. 1-10, 20 June 2023. Volume, issue and pages added 14 Sept. 2023.] (Ref. 131362)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = No PD50 data [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Niveau trophique (Ref.
69278): 3.5 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Résilience (Ref.
120179): Milieu, temps minimum de doublement de population : 1,4 à 4,4 années (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (24 of 100).