Uropterygius wheeleri Blache, 1967
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Uropterygius wheeleri Blache, 1967
- Name authority
- Blache, 1967
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Anguilliformes
- Family
- Muraenidae
- Genus
- Uropterygius
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderAnguilliformes
- familyMuraenidae Rafinesque, 1815
- subfamilyUropterygiinae Fowler, 1925
- genusUropterygius Rüppell, 1838
- speciesUropterygius wheeleri Blache, 1967
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Uropterygius. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| peppered morayUropterygius polystictus Myers & Wade, 1941 | MuraenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| marbled morayUropterygius macularius (Lesueur, 1825) | MuraenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| freckleface reef-eelUropterygius xanthopterus Bleeker, 1859 | MuraenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| crafty morayUropterygius versutus Bussing, 1991 | MuraenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Uropterygius marmoratus (Lacepède, 1803) | MuraenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Uropterygius golanii McCosker & Smith, 1997 | MuraenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| barlip reef-eelUropterygius kamar McCosker & Randall, 1977 | MuraenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Uropterygius polyspilus (Regan, 1909) | MuraenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Uropterygius micropterus (Bleeker, 1852) | MuraenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Uropterygius cyamommatus Huang, Liao & Tan, 2023 | MuraenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Blache, J. (1967). Contribution à la connaissance des poissons Anguilliformes de la côte occidentale d’Afrique. Sixième note: les genres Anarchias, Uropterygius et Channomuraena [Muraenidae]. Bulletin de l’Institut Fondamental d’Afrique Noire (Serie A) Sciences Naturelles, 29 (4): 1706–1731. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:7DZ9Y. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.