This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Huang, Wen-Chien, Hibino, Yusuke, Balisco, Rodulf Anthony, Liao, Te-Yu (2024): Description of a new uniformly brown estuarine moray eel (Anguilliformes, Muraenidae) from the Central Indo-Pacific Ocean. ZooKeys 1220: 15-34, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1220.129685

Abstract

A new estuarine moray eel, Uropterygius hades sp. nov., is described based on 14 specimens from Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines, southern Indonesia, and Fiji. It is a small-bodied, slender, uniformly dark-brown moray separated from congeners within the U. concolor species complex. The new species can be distinguished from congeners by the anteriorly positioned small eyes (5.0–7.2 % of head length), absence of branchial pores, and extended inner rows of teeth which reach the posterior end of the jaws. Uropterygius hades sp. nov. represents a rare species of moray eel that inhabits turbid estuarine environments, preferring soft, muddy substrates, and burrowing and hiding among rocks or in fallen mangrove leaves. Additionally, Uropterygius mactanensis Huang, Balisco, Evacitas & Liao, another species recently separated from the U. concolor species complex, is reported for the first time from Iriomote Island in the Ryukyu Archipelago based on two specimens; this new record expands the geographic range of U. mactanensis from the central Philippines to southern Japan.

GBIF url: https://www.gbif.org/dataset/d9381388-c04a-48c6-a837-9622b0ec87c8
Homepage: https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/summary/E030C0AB71C05CA6B94684140E803BC6
Citation: Huang W, Hibino Y, Balisco R A, Liao T, pensoft (2024). Description of a new uniformly brown estuarine moray eel (Anguilliformes, Muraenidae) from the Central Indo-Pacific Ocean. ZooKeys. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/pxehps accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-02-12.