Cirricaecula johnsoni

Cirricaecula johnsoni, known commonly as the Fringelip snake eel,[1] is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[2] It was described by Leonard Peter Schultz in 1953.[3] It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from the Rongerik Atoll, Marshall Islands, in the western central Pacific Ocean. Males can reach a maximum total length of 40 centimetres.[2]

Cirricaecula johnsoni
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C. johnsoni
Binomial name
Cirricaecula johnsoni
Schultz, 1953

References

  1. Common names for Cirricaecula johnsoni at www.fishbase.org.
  2. Cirricaecula johnsoni at www.fishbase.org.
  3. Schultz, L. P., E. S. Herald, E. A. Lachner, A. D. Welander and L. P. Woods, 1953 [ref. 3975] Fishes of the Marshall and Marianas islands. Vol. I. Families from Asymmetrontidae through Siganidae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 202, v. 1: i-xxxii + 1-685, Pls. 1-74.


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