Cirrhimuraena calamus

Cirrhimuraena calamus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Ophichthidae
Genus:	Cirrhimuraena
Species:	C. calamus
Binomial name
	Cirrhimuraena calamus; (Günther, 1870)
Synonyms
	Ophichthys calamus Günther, 1870;

Cirrhimuraena calamus, known commonly as the fringed-lipped snake-eel or the fringelip snake eel,^[2] is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).^[3] It was described by Albert Günther in 1870.^[4] It is a marine, temperate water-dwelling eel which is endemic to western Australia, in the eastern Indian Ocean. It forms burrows in the soft bottoms of inshore waters.^[3]

References[]

^ Synonyms of Cirrhimuraena calamus at www.fishbase.org.
^ Common names for Cirrhimuraena calamus at www.fishbase.org.
^ ^a ^b Cirrhimuraena calamus at www.fishbase.org.
^ Günther, A., 1870 (25 June) [ref. 1995] Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Gymnotidae, Symbranchidae, Muraenidae, Pegasidae, and of the Lophobranchii, Plectognathi, Dipnoi, ...[thru] ... Leptocardii, in the British Museum. v. 8: i-xxv + 1-549

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[1] Synonyms of Cirrhimuraena calamus at www.fishbase.org.

[2] Common names for Cirrhimuraena calamus at www.fishbase.org.

[Fishbase-3] Cirrhimuraena calamus at www.fishbase.org.

[Günther,_1870-4] Günther, A., 1870 (25 June) [ref. 1995] Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Gymnotidae, Symbranchidae, Muraenidae, Pegasidae, and of the Lophobranchii, Plectognathi, Dipnoi, ...[thru] ... Leptocardii, in the British Museum. v. 8: i-xxv + 1-549

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