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Created 10/22/2013

Family Muraenidae

INDO-PACIFIC / HAWAII

EASTERN PACIFIC

Uropterygius macrocephalus


South Maui, 25 feet

LARGEHEAD SNAKEMORAY

Cryptic in shallow rocky areas exposed to wave action.  Attains 18 inches.  Red Sea to Japan, Hawai'i, Pitcairn, Mexico, and Ecuador.