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Cirrhimuraena yuanding

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Cirrhimuraena yuanding
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Ophichthidae
Genus: Cirrhimuraena
Species:
C. yuanding
Binomial name
Cirrhimuraena yuanding

Cirrhimuraena yuanding is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[1] It was described by Tang Wen-Qiao and Zhang Chun-Guang in 2003.[2] It is a subtropical, marine eel which is known from the East China Sea, in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. Males can reach a maximum total length of 52 centimetres.[1]

The species epithet refers to Professor Zhu Yuang-Ding, the leading authority on ichthyology and fishery science in China.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Cirrhimuraena yuanding at www.fishbase.org.
  2. ^ Tang, W.-Q., and C.-G. Zhang, 2003 [ref. 27147] A new species of the genus Cirrhimuraena from the East China Sea (Pisces, Anguilliformes, Ophichthidae). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica v. 28 (no. 3): 551-553.