WoRMS taxon details
Uropterygius kamar McCosker & Randall, 1977
212033 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212033)
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                    Species
                    
                        
                
                    
                marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
                    
            
            
                                                                    
            
                    
                
McCosker, J. E.; Randall, J. E. (1977). Three new species of Indo-Pacific moray eels (Pisces: Murenidae). <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences.</em> 41(3): 161-168. [details] 
                    
            
            
                                                    
            
                    
                Description Lies over coral rubble bottoms (Ref. 1602).  
                        
                    
            
            
                                    
            
Description Lies over coral rubble bottoms (Ref. 1602). [details]
                    
                Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Uropterygius kamar McCosker & Randall, 1977. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212033 on 2025-10-31
                    
            
            
                                                
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Nomenclature
original description
McCosker, J. E.; Randall, J. E. (1977). Three new species of Indo-Pacific moray eels (Pisces: Murenidae). <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences.</em> 41(3): 161-168. [details] 
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
                     Present
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
 Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate
 Inaccurate  Introduced: alien
 Introduced: alien  Containing type locality
 Containing type locality 
Unreviewed
Description Lies over coral rubble bottoms (Ref. 1602). [details]
        | Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | barlip reef-eel | [details] | 
            To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Uropterygius kamar)
To FishBase
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Uropterygius kamar FIN031370 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Uropterygius kamar USNM 423320 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
        
    
                            
    
                    
                    
            To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Uropterygius kamar)
To FishBase
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Uropterygius kamar FIN031370 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Uropterygius kamar USNM 423320 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
