''Uropterygius fasciolatus'' is a
moray eel found in
coral reefs
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in the western central
Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the continen ...
.
[''Uropterygius fasciolatus''](_blank)
at www.fishbase.org. It was first named by Regan in 1909,
and is commonly known as the blotched moray, barred moray, or the Gosline's snake moray.
Common names for ''Uropterygius fasciolatus''
at www.fishbase.org.
References
fasciolatus
Fish described in 1909
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