Cirrhimuraena cheilopogon

Cirrhimuraena cheilopogon
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Ophichthidae
Genus:	Cirrhimuraena
Species:	C. cheilopogon
Binomial name
Cirrhimuraena cheilopogon (Bleeker, 1860)
Synonyms [2]
Ophisurus cheilopogonBleeker, 1860 Cirrhimuraena chilopogon(Bleeker, 1860)

Cirrhimuraena cheilopogon is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). ^[3] It was described by Pieter Bleeker in 1860. ^[4] It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from Papua New Guinea, in the western central Pacific Ocean. ^[3]

References

1. McCosker, J.; Smith, D.G. & Tighe, K. (2022). "Cirrhimuraena cheilopogon". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2022 e.T199072A2555871. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T199072A2555871.en . Retrieved 12 November 2024.
2. Synonyms of Cirrhimuraena cheilopogon at www.fishbase.org.
3. Cirrhimuraena cheilopogon at www.fishbase.org.
4. Bleeker, P., 1860 [ref. 379] Dertiende bijdrage tot de kennis der vischfauna van Celebes (Visschen van Bonthain, Badjoa, Sindjai, Lagoesi en Pompenoea). Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae v. 8 (art. 7): 1-60.