''Uropterygius micropterus'' 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 micropterus''
at www.fishbase.org. It is commonly known as the tidepool snake moray, shortfin snake moray, or the shortfinned reef-eel.Common names for ''Uropterygius micropterus''
at www.fishbase.org.

References

micropterus ''Micropterus'' is a genus of North American freshwater fish collectively known as the black bass, belonging to the sunfish family (biology), family Centrarchidae of order (biology), order Perciformes. They are sometimes erroneously called "bla ...

Fish described in 1852 {{muraenidae-stub