Typová lokalita
Whip Cave, a cave system with a narrow cave mouth and lower chambers filled with anchialine water affected by tidal changes, Christmas Island, Australia, 10°25.377ʹS, 105°42.081ʹE.
Původní popis
Huang, W.-C., Lia, T.-Y. & Tan, H. H. 2023. Uropterygius cyamommatus, a new moray eel (Anguilliformes: Muraenidae) from anchialine caves in Christmas Island, Australia, and Panglao Island, the Philippines. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology v. 71: 268-278.
Použitá literatura
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). 2024. Eschmeyer's catalog of fishes: Genera, species, references. World Wide Web.