Cirrhimuraena
Appearance
Cirrhimuraena | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Ophichthidae |
Subfamily: | Ophichthinae |
Genus: | Cirrhimuraena Kaup, 1856 |
Species | |
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Cirrhimuraena is a genus of eels in the snake eel family Ophichthidae.
Species
There are currently 10 recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Cirrhimuraena calamus (Günther, 1870)
- Cirrhimuraena cheilopogon (Bleeker, 1860)
- Cirrhimuraena chinensis Kaup, 1856
- Cirrhimuraena inhacae (J. L. B. Smith, 1962) (Inhaca fringelip)
- Cirrhimuraena oliveri (Seale, 1910)
- Cirrhimuraena orientalis K. H. Nguyen, 1993
- Cirrhimuraena paucidens Herre & G. S. Myers, 1931
- Cirrhimuraena playfairii (Günther, 1870) (Fringelip snake-eel)
- Cirrhimuraena tapeinoptera (Bleeker, 1863
- Cirrhimuraena yuanding W. Q. Tang & C. G. Zhang, 2003
References
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Cirrhimuraena". FishBase. October 2012 version.