''Uropterygius concolor'' is a
moray eel found in
coral reefs
A coral reef is an underwater ecosystem characterized by reef-building corals. Reefs are formed of Colony (biology), colonies of coral polyp (zoology), polyps held together by calcium carbonate. Most coral reefs are built from stony corals, wh ...
in the
Pacific and
Indian Ocean
The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or ~19.8% of the water on Earth's surface. It is bounded by Asia to the north, Africa to the west and Australia to the east. To the south it is bounded by th ...
s.
[''Uropterygius concolor''](_blank)
at www.fishbase.org. It was first named by Rüppell in 1838,
and is commonly known as the unicolor snake moray, uniform reef-eel, brown reef-eel, brown moray eel, or the brown moray.
Common names for ''Uropterygius concolor''
at www.fishbase.org. It is mostly dull brown in colour, with the tip of the tail being yellow.
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concolor
Fish described in 1838
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