Whitsunday wire eel
Appearance
Saurenchelys finitima | |
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Species: | S. finitima
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Saurenchelys finitima (Whitley, 1935)
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Chlopsis finitimus Whitley, 1935 |
Saurenchelys finitima, also known as the Whitsunday wire eel is a species of eel in the family Nettastomatidae.[1] It was described by Gilbert Percy Whitley in 1935, originally under the genus Chlopsis. It is a marine, tropical eel which is endemic to Australia, in the western Pacific Ocean.[1]
References
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Saurenchelys finitimus". FishBase. October 2015 version.