Cirrimaxilla
Cirrimaxilla | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Muraenidae |
Genus: | Cirrimaxilla & , 1995 |
Species: | C. formosa
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Binomial name | |
Cirrimaxilla formosa Hong Ming Chen & K. T. Shao, 1995
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The Taiwanese barbel moray,[1] Cirrimaxilla formosa, is a species of eel in the family Muraenidae, and the only member of the genus Cirrimaxilla.[2] It was described by and in 1995.[3] It is found only in Pingtung County, Taiwan. The holotype, a female, measures a total length of 16.6 centimetres (6.5 in).[2]
References[]
- ^ Common names of Cirrimaxilla formosa at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2011). "Cirrimaxilla formosa" in FishBase. June 2011 version.
- ^ Chen, H.-M. and K.-T. Shao, 1995 [ref. 22201] New eel genus, Cirrimaxilla, and description of the type species, Cirrimaxilla formosa (Pisces: Muraenidae) from southern Taiwan. Bulletin of Marine Science v. 57 (no. 2): 328-332.
Categories:
- Muraenidae
- Fish of Taiwan
- Endemic fauna of Taiwan
- Monotypic fish genera
- Fish described in 1995
- Muraenidae stubs