Cirrimaxilla formosa
| Cirrimaxilla formosa | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Muraenidae |
| Genus: | Cirrimaxilla Hong Ming Chen & K. T. Shao, 1995 |
| Species: | C. formosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Cirrimaxilla formosa Hong Ming Chen & K. T. Shao, 1995 | |
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 Hong Ming Chen and K. T. Shao 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.
- 1 2 Froese, Rainer and 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.
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