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Uropterygius tigrinus (Lesson, 1828)

212043  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212043)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Gnathostomata (Infraphylum)
  6. Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
  7. Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
  8. Actinopteri (Superclass)
  9. Teleostei (Class)
  10. Anguilliformes (Order)
  11. Muraenidae (Family)
  12. Uropterygiinae (Subfamily)
  13. Uropterygius (Genus)
  14. Uropterygius tigrinus (Species)
 unaccepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Ichthyophis tigrinus Lesson, 1828) Lesson, R. P. (1828). Description du nouveau genre Ichthyophis et de plusieurs espèces inédites ou peu connues de poissons, recueillis dans le voyage autour du monde de la Corvette "La Coquille". <em>Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle Paris (sér. 2).</em> v. 4: 397-412. [details] 
Description Extremely secretive. Inhabits lagoon and seaward reefs (Ref. 1602); on sand and between rocks (Ref. 9324).  
Description Extremely secretive. Inhabits lagoon and seaward reefs (Ref. 1602); on sand and between rocks (Ref. 9324). [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Uropterygius tigrinus (Lesson, 1828). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212043 on 2026-06-04
Date
action
by
1997-02-24 18:26:33Z
created
Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-02-28 13:41:07Z
changed
Bailly, Nicolas

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Nomenclature

original description (of Ichthyophis tigrinus Lesson, 1828) Lesson, R. P. (1828). Description du nouveau genre Ichthyophis et de plusieurs espèces inédites ou peu connues de poissons, recueillis dans le voyage autour du monde de la Corvette "La Coquille". <em>Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle Paris (sér. 2).</em> v. 4: 397-412. [details] 

basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details] 

Other

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unreviewed
Description Extremely secretive. Inhabits lagoon and seaward reefs (Ref. 1602); on sand and between rocks (Ref. 9324). [details]

Remark Genus and date B. Mundy, pers. comm. [details]
LanguageName 
English tiger reef-eel  [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) 
To FishBase 
To GenBank (17 nucleotides; 18 proteins) 
To ITIS

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