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Cirrhimuraena
Sign in to saveCirrhimuraena is a genus of eels in the snake eel family Ophichthidae.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Cirrhimuraena is referenced by 11 other articles, and connects out to Ophichthidae, Animalia and Chordata.
It is catalogued under topics including Cirrhimuraena, Taxa described in 1856 and Taxa named by Johann Jakob Kaup.
Its subject is documented across 8 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderAnguilliformes
- FamilyOphichthidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 38
- With media
- 2
- Family
- Ophichthidae
- Collections
- USNM, CAS, BPBM, CSIRO, ANSP, FMNH
- Recorded in
- Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Vietnam, New Caledonia, Australia, Taiwan
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- Cirrhimuraenachinensis.jpg
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Cirrhimuraena is a genus of eels in the snake eel family Ophichthidae.
==Species== There are currently 12 recognized species in this genus: Cirrhimuraena calamus (Günther, 1870) Cirrhimuraena cheilopogon (Bleeker, 1860) Cirrhimuraena chinensis Kaup, 1856 Cirrhimuraena indica Mohapatra, Mohanty, Ray, Mishra & Seth, 2021 Cirrhimuraena inhacae (J. L. B. Smith, 1962) (Inhaca fringelip) Cirrhimuraena oliveri (Seale, 1910) Cirrhimuraena odishaensis Mohanty, Behera, Patro & Mohapatra, 2023 Cirrhimuraena orientalis K. H. Nguyen, 1993 Cirrhimuraena paucidens Herre & G. S. Myers, 1931 Cirrhimuraena playfairii (Günther, 1870) (Fringelip snake-eel) Cirrhimuraena tapeinoptera Bleeker, 1863 Cirrhimuraena yuanding W. Q. Tang & C. G. Zhang, 2003
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