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Cirrhimuraena cheilopogon

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Cirrhimuraena cheilopogon
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Ophichthidae
Genus: Cirrhimuraena
Species:
C. cheilopogon
Binomial name
Cirrhimuraena cheilopogon
(Bleeker, 1860)
Synonyms[1]
  • Ophisurus cheilopogon Bleeker, 1860
  • Cirrhimuraena chilopogon (Bleeker, 1860)

Cirrhimuraena cheilopogon is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[2] It was described by Pieter Bleeker in 1860.[3] It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from Papua New Guinea, in the western central Pacific Ocean.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Synonyms of Cirrhimuraena cheilopogon at www.fishbase.org.
  2. ^ a b Cirrhimuraena cheilopogon at www.fishbase.org.
  3. ^ Bleeker, P., 1860 [ref. 379] Dertiende bijdrage tot de kennis der vischfauna van Celebes (Visschen van Bonthain, Badjoa, Sindjai, Lagoesi en Pompenoea). Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae v. 8 (art. 7): 1-60.