Chilorhinus
Appearance
Chilorhinus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Chlopsidae |
Genus: | Chilorhinus Lütken, 1852 |
Chilorhinus is a small genus of eels of the family Chlopsidae that occurs in tropical waters. It contains these two described species:
- Chilorhinus platyrhynchus (Norman, 1922) (flatnose xenocongrid eel)
- Chilorhinus suensonii Lütken, 1852 (seagrass eel)
References
[edit]- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Chilorhinus". FishBase. June 2011 version.