Cirrhimuraena cheilopogon

Cirrhimuraena cheilopogon
Scientific classification
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

  1. ↑ Synonyms of Cirrhimuraena cheilopogon at www.fishbase.org.
  2. 1 2 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.


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