Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report
- CAAB Code
- 37 060103 Show as JSON
- Scientific Name & Authority
- Uropterygius cyamommatus Huang, Liao & Tan, 2023
- Rank
- Species
- CAAB category
- 37 - Pisces Fishes
- Family
- 37 60 Muraenidae (Moray Eels) - show full list
- Standard Name
- [a moray]
- Organism Type
- a moray
- Taxon lists
-
Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
- Habitat
-
Freshwater
Estuarine
Coastal (0-40m) - Parent Codes
-
37 060908
Uropterygius spp.
- Taxon Notes
- Type specimens were collected from anchialine caves on Christmas Island.
- Distribution Map
-
View detailed map
Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions)
Updated on 2024-09-02 - Distribution Data
- Expected species depth range is from 0 to 2 m.
- Record source and Scientific Name verified against
- Huang, W.-C., Liao, T.-Y. & Tan, H.H. Uropterygius cyamommatus, a new moray eel (Anguilliformes: Muraenidae) from anchialine caves in Christmas Island, Australia, and Panglao Island, the Philippines, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Vol. 71: 267-278. doi:10.26107/RBZ-2023-0021