Cirrhimuraena chinensis
Appearance
Cirrhimuraena chinensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Ophichthidae |
Genus: | Cirrhimuraena |
Species: | C. chinensis
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Binomial name | |
Cirrhimuraena chinensis Kaup, 1856
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Cirrhimuraena chinensis is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[2] It was described by Johann Jakob Kaup in 1856.[3] It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from China and Papua New Guinea, in the western Pacific Ocean. Males can reach a maximum standard length of 54.8 centimetres.[2]
References
- ^ Synonyms of Cirrhimuraena chinensis at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ a b Cirrhimuraena chinensis at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Kaup, J. J., 1856 [ref. 2572] Uebersicht der Aale. Archiv für Naturgeschichte v. 22 (no. 1): 41-77.