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Uropterygius polyspilus

Large-spotted Snake Moray

IUCN: least concernmarine

(Regan, 1909)Accepted name in the World Register of Marine Species.WoRMS 212040 ↗

3

Bishop specimens

0

Type specimens

1925

First collected

1968

Last collected

No recent record

Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi

In the Library

Bishop Museum publications whose pages name Uropterygius polyspilus, most mentions first.

  1. 2001

    Marine species survey of Johnston Atoll, central Pacific Ocean, June 2000

    Coles, S.L., R.C. DeFelice & D. Minton · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page

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Two centuries of collecting

1920s1960s

The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1925 by T.T. Dranga (Oʻahu).