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Comprehensive Description

Description

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Common names: snake-moray (English), morena (Espanol)

Uropterygius supraforatus (Regan, 1909)

Many-toothed snake-moray

Slender, moderately elongate, compressed at rear; relatively stout (body depth 5-8% of TL); tail slightly longer than head & trunk; snout short, ~ conical; eye moderate, over middle of jaws; front nostril tubular; rear nostril a short tube above middle of eye; gill opening a small slit at ~ mid side; pores above & below eye, along lower jaw, 1 before gill opening; teeth conical, slender, sharp; jaw teeth numerous, in 4-7 irregular rows, middle row enlarged; 1 row of large teeth at front of roof of mouth; a single lateral line pore above gill opening; dorsal & anal fins present as skin covered ridges near tip of tail.

Ground color white to pale creamy yellow to tan; head & body entirely covered with dispersed, eye-sized dark spots that tend to be arranged in vertical rows; thin, often incomplete, irregular dark lines tend to link up the spots, particularly along the vertical axis.

Size: 40 cm.

Habitat: coral reef.

Depth: 3-35 m.

Indo-Pacific; in the eastern Pacific only at Clipperton.

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Biology

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Occurs in lagoon and seaward reefs (Ref. 1602). Benthic at 1-15 m (Ref. 58302).

Myers, R.F. 1991 Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p. (Ref. 1602) http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=1602&speccode=4306

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Distribution

Distribution

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Chagos

Anon. (2000). FishBase 2000 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines. 4 cd-roms pp. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=6542

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Depth

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Depth Range (m): 3 (S) - 35 (S)

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Zoogeography

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See Map (including site records) of Distribution in the Tropical Eastern Pacific

Global Endemism: All species, TEP non-endemic, Indo-Pacific only (Indian + Pacific Oceans), "Transpacific" (East + Central &/or West Pacific), All Pacific (West + Central + East)

Regional Endemism: All species, Eastern Pacific non-endemic, Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) non-endemic, Island (s), Island (s) only

Residency: Resident

Climate Zone: Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo)

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Indo-Pacific: Chagos Islands to Hawaiian and Society Islands; north to Marshall Islands and throughout Micronesia.

Myers, R.F. 1991 Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p. (Ref. 1602) http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=1602&speccode=4306

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Physical Description

Morphology

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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 0; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 0

Myers, R.F. 1991 Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p. (Ref. 1602) http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=1602&speccode=4306

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Size

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Length max (cm): 40.0 (S)

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Size

Max. size

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40.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 54980))

Randall, J.E. 2005 Reef and shore fishes of the South Pacific. New Caledonia to Tahiti and the Pitcairn Islands. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii. 720 p. (Ref. 54980) http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=54980&speccode=61658

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Diagnostic Description

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TL to 37 cm.

Myers, R.F. 1991 Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p. (Ref. 1602) http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=1602&speccode=4306

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Ecology

Habitat

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Depth range based on 17 specimens in 1 taxon.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 15 samples.

Environmental ranges
  Depth range (m): 0.5 - 40
  Temperature range (°C): 24.914 - 29.336
  Nitrate (umol/L): 0.050 - 5.639
  Salinity (PPS): 34.103 - 35.216
  Oxygen (ml/l): 3.647 - 4.738
  Phosphate (umol/l): 0.092 - 0.778
  Silicate (umol/l): 1.043 - 5.601

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Depth range (m): 0.5 - 40

Temperature range (°C): 24.914 - 29.336

Nitrate (umol/L): 0.050 - 5.639

Salinity (PPS): 34.103 - 35.216

Oxygen (ml/l): 3.647 - 4.738

Phosphate (umol/l): 0.092 - 0.778

Silicate (umol/l): 1.043 - 5.601

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Depth: 0 - 37m.
Recorded at 37 meters.

Habitat: reef-associated. Occurs in lagoon and seaward reefs.

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Habitat

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Salinity: Marine, Marine Only

Inshore/Offshore: Inshore, Inshore Only

Water Column Position: Bottom, Bottom only

Habitat: Reef (rock &/or coral), Reef only, Rocks, Corals, Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)

FishBase Habitat: Reef Associated

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Environment

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reef-associated; marine; depth range ? - 37 m (Ref. 1602)

Myers, R.F. 1991 Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p. (Ref. 1602) http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=1602&speccode=4306

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Trophic Strategy

Feeding

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Feeding Group: Carnivore

Diet: mobile benthic worms, mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs), mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves, octopus/squid/cuttlefish

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Life History and Behavior

Reproduction

Reproduction

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Egg Type: Pelagic, Pelagic larva

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Conservation

Conservation Status

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IUCN Red List: Not evaluated / Listed

CITES: Not listed

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Threats

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Not Evaluated

IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=57073

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Relevance to Humans and Ecosystems

Benefits

Importance

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fisheries:

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Uropterygius supraforatus

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Uropterygius supraforatus is a moray eel found in coral reefs in the Pacific and Indian oceans.^[1] It is commonly known as the Many-toothed snake moray, or the Toothy snakemoray.^[2]

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^ Common names for Uropterygius supraforatus at www.fishbase.org.

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