Cirrhimuraena tapeinoptera

Cirrhimuraena tapeinoptera is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[2] It was described by Pieter Bleeker in 1863.[3] It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from the Indo-West Pacific.[2]

Cirrhimuraena tapeinoptera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Ophichthidae
Genus: Cirrhimuraena
Species:
C. tapeinoptera
Binomial name
Cirrhimuraena tapeinoptera
Bleeker, 1863
Synonyms[1]
  • Cirrhimuraena tapeinopterus Bleeker, 1863
  • Jenkinsiella nectura Jordan, 1907

References
  1. Synonyms of Cirrhimuraena tapeinoptera at www.fishbase.org.
  2. Cirrhimuraena tapeinoptera at www.fishbase.org.
  3. Bleeker, P., 1863 [ref. 17005] Description de quelques espèces nouvelles ou peu connues d'Ophisuroïdes de l'Inde archipélagique. Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor de Dierkunde v. 1: 179-186.


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