Cirrhimuraena yuanding | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Ophichthidae |
Genus: | Cirrhimuraena |
Species: | C. yuanding
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Binomial name | |
Cirrhimuraena yuanding
W. Q. Tang &
C. G. Zhang, 2003
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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]
Cirrhimuraena yuanding | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Ophichthidae |
Genus: | Cirrhimuraena |
Species: | C. yuanding
|
Binomial name | |
Cirrhimuraena yuanding
W. Q. Tang &
C. G. Zhang, 2003
|
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]