2 NEW INDO-PACIFIC MORAYS OF THE GENUS UROPTERYGIUS (ANGUILLIFORMES, MURAENIDAE)

Authors
MCCOSKER JE SMITH DG
Citation
Je. Mccosker et Dg. Smith, 2 NEW INDO-PACIFIC MORAYS OF THE GENUS UROPTERYGIUS (ANGUILLIFORMES, MURAENIDAE), Bulletin of marine science, 60(3), 1997, pp. 1005-1014
Citations number
26
Categorie Soggetti
Oceanografhy,"Marine & Freshwater Biology
Journal title
Bulletin of marine science → ACNP
ISSN journal
00074977
Volume
60
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
1005 - 1014
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-4977(1997)60:3<1005:2NIMOT>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
Two closely-related new species of Indo-Pacific morays are described h erein. Uropterygius xenodontus, from the central and western Pacific, and U. golanii, from the northern Red Sea, differ from each other in t heir vertebral numbers, and from all ether congeners which possess a s ingle branchial I,ore on the basis of their coloration, vertebral numb er, and dentition. The possession by the new species of wedge-shaped r ather than conical jaw teeth within species of Uropterygius as well as the relationship of vomerine dentition to fish size are discussed.