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IllustrationBrown spotted snake moray
Uropterygius fuscoguttatus
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Brown spotted snake moray
- Scientific
- Uropterygius fuscoguttatus
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Eels
- Family
- Muraenidae (moray eels)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 30 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 1 to 25 m (usually 6 to 12 m)
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2009
Description
A small snake moray, brown at the front and spotted darker towards the tail, with fins reduced to the tail tip; it reaches about 30 cm. It lives in algae-covered rubble on lagoon and seaward reefs.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Uropterygius-fuscoguttatus.html
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.