Scientific Name	Uropterygius marmoratus   Pronounce			by: Hong-Ming Chen
Author	(Lacepède, 1803)	Depth	1 - 20M
Chinese	石紋尾鯙	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鯙科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F079　Muraenidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	花斑尾鱔
Max Length	62 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	石點長圓鯙、石紋鞭尾鯙、錢鰻、薯鰻、虎鰻
Distribution in World	India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	East、South、LanI Is.
Habitats	Coral、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Nouvelle-Bretagne [New Britain Island, Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific]
Synonyms	Gymnomuraena marmorata, Ichthyophis pantherinus, Scuticaria marmorata, Uropterygius marmaratus, Uropterygus marmoratus
Reference	Loh, K. H., I. S. Chen, J. E. Randall and H. M. Chen, 2008. A review and molecular phylogeny of the moray eel subfamily Uropterygiinae (Anguilliformes: Muraenidae) from Taiwan, with description of a new species. Raffles bulletin of zoology, 2008 Supplement No. 19: 135–150.  Loh, K.H., I.S. Chen, J.E. Randall, etc. 2008
Specimen List	BPBMI23260.
Common Name	Marbled reef-eel
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Color whitish and densely mottled with roundish dark brown spots about the size of eye or slightly larger. Fin rays restricted at tail tip.
habitats	inhabit at seaward reefs or tidal pools.
Distribution	Indo-Pacific: East Africa, Japan, Taiwan and Hawaiian.
Utility	no