ウツボ属

**ウツボ属**（ウツボぞく、学名：*Gymnothorax*）は、ウツボ科の下位分類群の1つ。太平洋、インド洋、大西洋に約120種が分布し、ウツボ科の中で最大の属である。本属は多系統群であり、複数の属に分割させるための研究が必要とされている。

## 概要
ほとんどのウナギ目魚類と同様に、体は細長い。 は最も細長い。大型の種では全長1.8-2.4mに達する。小型種は大きくても20cm程度にしかならない。大半の種は複雑な模様を持つが、模様が無く地味な種もいる。一般的には浅瀬に生息するが、多くの種は深場でも一般的である。他のウツボ科魚類と同様に、咽頭顎を持つ。

## 下位分類
分類はFishBaseとWorld Register of Marine Speciesを参考。

*  Bloch, 1795 (Dark moray)
*  (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) ヘリシロウツボ (White-margin moray)
*  
*  (M. C. W. Weber & de Beaufort, 1916) (Narrow-tail moray)
*  (Hildebrand & F. O. Barton, 1949)
*  Whitley, 1937 (Lord Howe Island moray)
*  D. G. Smith & E. B. Böhlke, 1997 (Ringed moray)
*  D. G. Smith, Bogorodsky, Dandar & Zajonz, 2024
*  (Pietschmann, 1935) (Atoll moray)
*  Nashad, Mohapatra, Varghese & Bineesh, 2020 (Goldenhead moray)
*  Lavenberg, 1992 (South Pacific moray)
*  E. B. Böhlke & McCosker, 2001 (Southern moray)
*  E. B. Böhlke & Brito, 1987 (Canary moray)
*  D. G. Smith, Brokovich & Einbinder, 2008
*  J. E. Randall & McCosker, 1975 (Deep-dwelling moray)
*  Snyder, 1904 ハワイウツボ (Y-patterned moray)
*  McCosker & J. E. Randall, 1977 ハチモンジウツボ (Black-cheek moray)
*  (Bleeker, 1857) サンゴウツボ (Vagrant moray)
*  (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1883) (Panamic green moray)
*  E. B. Böhlke & J. E. Randall, 1999 (Castle's moray)
*  E. B. Böhlke & McCosker, 2001 (Head-spot moray)
*  Bleeker, 1864 ミナミウツボ (Lip-spot moray)
*  Snyder, 1908 クルマウツボ (Banded mud moray)
*  (Kaup, 1856) ハナビラウツボ
*   (Plain moray)
*  Poey, 1867 セオビウツボ (Saddled moray)
*  Whitley, 1932 (Sieve-patterned moray)
*  McCosker & J. E. Randall, 2008 (Flores mud moray)
*  Seale, 1917
*  (Günther, 1870) (Fine-spotted moray)
*  
*  Bliss, 1883 オキナワノコギリウツボ (Elegant moray)
*  Prokofiev, 2010
*  McCosker & J. E. Randall, 1982 シマウツボ (Enigmatic moray)
*  (Hildebrand, 1946) (Spot-tail moray)
*  (C. C. Abbott, 1860) (Abbott's moray)
*  E. B. Böhlke, 2001
*  Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801 (Laced moray)
*  (E. T. Bennett, 1832) ヘリゴイシウツボ (Fimbriated moray)
*  (Rüppell, 1830) ゴマウツボ (Yellow-edged moray)
*  (E. B. Böhlke & J. E. Randall, 1996) (Pale-nose moray)
*  Bleeker, 1864
*  Ranzani, 1839 (Green moray)
*  (L. P. Schultz, 1953) スズランヒメウツボ (Brown-spotted moray)
*  O. P. Jenkins, 1903 (Slender-tail moray)
*  (Lacépède, 1803) (Geometric moray)
*  Heemstra, 2004
*  (Rüppell, 1830) (Liver-colored moray)
*  Beebe & Tee-Van, 1933 (Herre's moray)
*  J. E. Böhlke & E. B. Böhlke, 1977 (Lichen moray)
*  Mohapatra, D. Ray, D. G. Smith & Mishra, 2016 (Indian unpatterened moray)
*  (Fourmanoir & Rivaton, 1979) ミナミミゾレウツボ (White-tip moray)
*  (J. Richardson, 1845) ニセゴイシウツボ (Indo-Pacific spotted moray)
*  (Bleeker, 1859) ドクウツボ (Giant moray)
*  (J. L. B. Smith, 1962) (White-spotted moray)
*  (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) ウツボ (Kidako moray)
*  J. E. Böhlke & E. B. Böhlke, 1980 (Black-tail moray)
*  E. B. Böhlke, 2000 (Short-tooth moray)
*  (Whitley, 1948)
*  (J. Y. Johnson, 1862) (Shark-tooth moray)
*  Poll, 1953 (Spot-jaw moray)
*  Bleeker, 1864 シンジュウツボ (Blotch-necked moray)
*  (L. P. Schultz, 1953) (Marshall Islands moray)
*  D. G. Smith & E. B. Böhlke, 1997
*  E. B. Böhlke & J. E. Randall, 1995 (Oman moray)
*  K. H. Loh, K. T. Shao & H. M. Chen, 2011 (Black-body moray)
*  L. P. Schultz, 1953 ヒメウツボ (Dwarf moray)
*  (G. Shaw, 1795) ワカウツボ (Turkey moray)
*  (Günther, 1870)
*  E. B. Böhlke, 2000 (Small-spot moray) 
*  (Kaup, 1856) (Golden-tail moray)
*  (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) アミウツボ
*  D. Ray, Mohapatra & D. G. Smith, 2015 (Bengal moray)
*  (Bleeker, 1864) (Moluccan moray)
*  (Bleeker, 1856) ヤミウツボ (Drab moray)
*  (Regan, 1909) (One-spot moray)
*  (Ayres, 1859) (California moray) 
*  (G. Cuvier, 1829) (Spotted moray)
*  Snyder, 1904 タカノハウツボ
*  F. de Buen, 1961 (Easter Island moray)
*  S. Tanaka (I), 1911 ミゾレウツボ
*  (Girard, 1858) (Black-edge moray)
*  H. M. Chen, K. T. Shao & C. T. Chen, 1996 ワタユキウツボ (Snowflake-patched moray)
*  (J. Richardson, 1848) (Grey moray)
*  (Günther, 1867) アデウツボ (Yellow-mouth moray)
*  Snyder, 1904 (Nutting's moray) 
*  (Whitley, 1932) (Griffin's moray)
*  Agassiz, 1831 フブキウツボ (Caribbean ocellated moray)
*  Mohapatra, Mohanty, Smith, Mishra, and Roy, 2018
*  (Steindachner, 1876) (Masked moray)
*  Collette, D. G. Smith & E. B. Böhlke, 1991
*  W. A. Bussing, 1998
*  D. G. Smith, S. V. Bogordosky, A. O. Mal, and T. J. Alpermann, 2019 (Pharaoh's moray)
*  (J. L. B. Smith], 1962) シノビウツボ (Ghost moray)
*  D. S. Jordan & Seale, 1907 (Philippines moray)
*  (J. N. Ahl, 1789) アセウツボ (Paint-spotted moray)
*  Bliss, 1883 (Pike's moray)
*  J. L. B. Smith, 1962 ノコギリウツボ (Pinda moray)
*  Chen & Huang, 2022
*  Poey, 1875 (Polygon moray)
*  E. B. Böhlke & J. E. Randall, 2000
*  (Bleeker, 1854) コクハンカワウツボ (Freshwater moray)
*  (Guichenot, 1848) (Low-fin moray)
*  (J. Richardson, 1848) (Yellow moray)
*  J. D. Ogilby, 1895 ユリウツボ (Australian mottled moray)
*  E. B. Böhlke & J. E. Randall, 2000
*  K. Sasaki & Amaoka, 1991
*  E. B. Böhlke, 2000 ハナジロウツボ (False brown moray) 
*  Huang, Loh & Liao, 2021
*  K. H. Loh, K. T. Shao & H. M. Chen, 2015 (False black-body moray)
*   チャイロウツボ (Short-tail Brown moray)
*  (Bleeker, 1853) アミメウツボ (High-fin moray)
*  Mohapatra, Smith, Ray, Mishra & Mohanty, 2017 (Bengal low-fin moray) 
*  Bleeker, 1863 アケボノウツボ (Bars'n-spots moray)
*  Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801 (Red Sea white-spotted moray)
*  D. G. Smith & E. B. Böhlke, 1997 (Randall's moray)
*  (J. Richardson, 1845) マメウツボ (Reeve's moray)
*  Bloch, 1795
*  (Bleeker, 1852) モバウツボ (Richardson's moray)
*  E. B. Böhlke, 1997 (Robins' moray)
*  (McClelland, 1844) クラカケウツボ (Banded moray)
*  Hatooka, 2003 リュウキュウウツボ
*  (Richardson, 1848) 
*  E. B. Böhlke, 1997 クロエリウツボ
*  D. S. Jordan & B. M. Davis, 1891 (Ocellated moray)
*  (Hildebrand & F. O. Barton, 1949)
*  H. M. Chen & K. H. Loh, 2007 タピオカウツボ
*  Kotthaus, 1968
*  D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1903 (Steindachner's moray)
*  H. M. Chen, K. H. Loh & K. T. Shao, 2008 (Taiwanese moray)
*  Kodeeswaran, Kantharajan, Mohapatra, Kumar & Sarkar 2023
*  (J. Richardson, 1845) サビウツボ (Grey-face moray)
*  (F. Hamilton, 1822) (Indian mud moray)
*  (Lacépède, 1803) ナミウツボ (Undulated moray)
*  (Delaroche, 1809) (Brown moray)
*  (Seale, 1917)
*  (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1883) (White-edged moray)
*  (Castelnau, 1855) (Purple-mouth moray)
*   (Vietnamese moray)
*  Mohapatra, Smith, Mohanty, Mishra & Tudu, 2017
*  Prokofiev, 2009
*  McCulloch, 1912
*  Hatooka & J. E. Randall, 1992 オキノシマウツボ (Y-bar moray)
*  Seale, 1906 ヒレオビウツボ (Barred-fin moray)

## 出典

## 関連項目
* 海水魚
* 魚の一覧