Species: Uropterygius versutus, Black-eye snake-moray, Crafty snake-moray, Two-holes snake-moray

Uropterygius versutus Bussing, 1991

Crafty snake-moray, Two-holes snake-moray, Black-eye snake-moray

Slender, moderately elongate, compressed at rear; tail slightly longer than head & trunk; snout short, ~ conical; eye moderate, over middle of jaws; front nostril tubular; rear nostril a short tube above eye; a pair of minute pores in front of gill opening; pores above & below eye, along lower jaw; gill opening a small slit at ~ mid side; teeth conical, slender, sharp, in 2 rows on jaws, 1 row on roof of mouth;  dorsal & anal fins present as skin covered ridges near tip of tail.

Uniform brown or golden brown, sometimes with irregular whitish blotches on body.

Size: largest specimen, 56 cm.

Habitat: rocky bottoms.

Depth: ranges from tide pools to a depth of 40 m.

The Gulf of California, and Central Mexico to the Galapagos.