Uropterygiinae Explained

Uropterygiinae is a subfamily of moray eels.^[1]

Genera

• Anarchias Jordan & Starks, 1906 -- 11 species
• Channomuraena Richardson, 1848 -- 2 species
• Cirrimaxilla Chen & Shao, 1995 -- 1 species
• Scuticaria Jordan & Snyder, 1901 -- 2 species
• Uropterygius Rüppell, 1838 -- 20 species

Notes and References

1. Kh . Loh . 2008 . A review and molecular phylogeny of the moray eel subfamily Uropterygiinae (Anguilliformes : Muraenidae) from Taiwan, with description of a new species . Raffles Bull Zool . 19 . 135–150.