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Strange Toothed Snake Moray

Uropterygius xenodontus McCosker & Smith 1997

Diagnostic Description

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Body uniformly gray-brown; laterally compressed, subrectangular in cross-section. Vertical fins restricted to the tail tip; anus at mid-body; one branchial pore (Ref. 27479).
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Estelita Emily Capuli
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Morphology

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Vertebrae: 154 - 157
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Biology

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Inhabits corals and crevices of shallow lagoon and seaward reefs (Ref. 37816). Benthic (Ref. 58302).
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