Uropterygius xenodontus
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Uropterygius xenodontus is a moray eel
found in coral reefs in the Pacific ocean
. It is commonly known as the Black snake moray, Strange-toothed snake moray, or the Wedgetooth snakemoray.
Moray eel
Moray eels are cosmopolitan eels of the family Muraenidae. The approximately 200 species in 15 genera are almost exclusively marine, but several species are regularly seen in brackish water and a few, for example the freshwater moray can sometimes be found in freshwater...
found in coral reefs in the Pacific ocean
Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic in the north to the Southern Ocean in the south, bounded by Asia and Australia in the west, and the Americas in the east.At 165.2 million square kilometres in area, this largest division of the World...
. It is commonly known as the Black snake moray, Strange-toothed snake moray, or the Wedgetooth snakemoray.