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Uropterygius Rüppell, 1838

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
GENUS
Published in
Rüppell, W. P. E. S. (1835-1838). Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehörig Fische des Rothen Meeres. <em>Siegmund Schmerber, Frankfurt am Main.</em> i-ii + 1-148, Pls. 1-33. [1835:1-28, Pls. 1-7; 1836:29-52, Pls. 8-14; 1837:53-80, Pls. 15-21; 1838:81-148, Pls. 22-33.]. [For dates see Sawyer 1952 [ref. 13582].].

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Anguilliformes
family
Muraenidae
genus
Uropterygius

Name

Synonyms
Scutica Jordan & Evermann, 1896
Uropteryginus
Uropterygus
Homonyms
Uropterygius Rüppell, 1838
Uropterygius Bloch, 1795
Common names
Finless Morays in English
finless morays in English
アミキカイウツボ属 in Japanese

Bibliographic References

  1. Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes, 2003: null. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada.
  2. Böhlke, E. B., J. E. Böhlke, M. M. Leiby, J. E. McCosker, et al. / Böhlke, Eugenia B., ed., 1989: Orders Anguilliformes and Saccopharyngiformes. Fishes of the Western North Atlantic, no. 1, pt. 9, vol. 1. xvii + 1-656.
  3. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version.
  4. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version.
  5. Eschmeyer, William N., 1990: null. Genera of Recent Fishes. iii + 697.
  6. Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
  7. FishBase
  8. Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025.
  9. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
  10. McCosker, J. E.; Smith, D. G. (1997). Two new Indo-Pacific morays of the genus Uropterygius (Anguilliformes: Muraenidae). <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 60(3): 1005-1014.
  11. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
  12. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
  13. Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em>
  14. Nelson, Joseph S., 1994: null. Fishes of the World, Third Edition. xvii + 600.
  15. Neue Wirbelth. Abyssin., (12
  16. Rüppell, W. P. E. S. (1835-1838). Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehörig Fische des Rothen Meeres. <em>Siegmund Schmerber, Frankfurt am Main.</em> i-ii + 1-148, Pls. 1-33. [1835:1-28, Pls. 1-7; 1836:29-52, Pls. 8-14; 1837:53-80, Pls. 15-21; 1838:81-148, Pls. 22-33.]. [For dates see Sawyer 1952 [ref. 13582].].
  17. SN2000/Eschmeyer, 1998
  18. SN2000/Eschmeyer, 1998
  19. WoRMS (Mar 2013)
  20. WoRMS (Mar 2013)
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