Maldives Marine Life

Marine life of Maldivian waters

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Marbled reef-eel
No photo available
Photo: David Starr Jordan / Barton Warren Evermann / Wikimedia Commons, Public domain (view on Wikimedia Commons)Historical illustration. Source: Jordan, David Starr; Evermann, Barton Warren (1905) Shore Fishes of the Hawaiian Islands, With a General Account of the Fish Fauna, Bulletin of the United State; Commons file: FMIB 42397 Uropterygius marmoratus (Lacepede).jpeg

Marbled reef-eel

Uropterygius marmoratus

Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).

English
Marbled reef-eel
Scientific
Uropterygius marmoratus
Dhivehi
No recorded Dhivehi name
Group
Eels
Family
Muraenidae (moray eels)
Maximum size
Up to about 62 cm (standard length)
Depth and habitat
Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 1 to 20 m; also enters brackish water
IUCN status
LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2011

Description

A whitish snake moray densely covered with round dark brown spots, reaching about 62 cm. It hides in crevices on shallow reef flats and seaward reefs.

Sources

Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.