Scientific Name	Uropterygius macrocephalus   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Bleeker, 1864)	Depth	1 - 14M
Chinese	大頭尾鯙	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鯙科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F079　Muraenidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	大頭尾鱔
Max Length	40 cm	Aquarium Fish	Yes	Common Name	巨頭鰭尾鯙、巨鰭尾鯙、錢鰻、薯鰻、虎鰻
Distribution in World	India Ocean to Pan_Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	South、North East、LanI Is.、Greeb IS.、Nan Sa IS.
Habitats	Coral、Coastal	Holotype Locality	[Amboina] Ambon Bay, Ambon Island, Moluccas/Maluku, Indonesia, Banda Sea, western Pacific
Synonyms	Anarchias knighti, Gymnomuraena macrocephalus, Gymnomuraena nectura, Uropterygius knighti, Uropterygius makatei, Uropterygius necturus, Uropterygius reidi, Uropterygus macrocephalus
Reference	Chen, H. M., K. T. Shao and C. T. Chen. 1997. Systematic studies the Muraenid fishes (Muraenidae) from the waters around Taiwan, Ph. D. Thesis, Department of Fishery Science, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, pp. 1-257 (in Chinese).  P. Bleeker 1864 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Chen, H.-M., K.-T. Shao etc. 1994 田詩縈 2004
Specimen List	ASIZP0054937. ASIZP0056629. ASIZP0067177. ASIZP0067184. ASIZP0067186. ASIZP0071207. ASIZP0802176. ASIZP0802177. ASIZP0802178. ASIZP0912176. ASIZP0912177. ASIZP0912178. BPBMI23286. FRIP22448. NMMBP04459. NMMBP05867. NMMSTP00025. NTMP0523. NTUM07587. NTUM07589. USNM00301476. USNM00312812. USNM00312813. USNM00312827. USNM00312828.
Barcode	2008-08-05,張榮樺,CO1,100%
Common Name	Needle-tooth moray; Snowflake eel; Large-headed snake moray; Longhead moray
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	HL 7.0-7.7, DGO 16.9-18.1, TR 2.8-2.9 in TL; Vert 115-120. Posterior nostrils short tubular-like. Swollen nasal cavity. Black or black-brown body, sometimes black-green when alive, with many brown snowflake blotches all over the body. Whitish cephalic lateral line pores.
habitats	This species inhabits exposed wave zone.
Distribution	Indo-Pacific: southern Japan, Taiwan, Micronesia and the Hawaiian islands.
Utility	aquarium.