Cirrhimuraena tapeinoptera

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

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]

Eel order of fishes

An eel is any ray-finned fish belonging to the order Anguilliformes, which consists of four suborders, 20 families, 111 genera, and about 800 species. Eels undergo considerable development from the early larval stage to the eventual adult stage, and most are predators. The term “eel” originally referred to the European eel, and the name of the order means “European eel-shaped.”

Ophichthidae family of fishes

Ophichthidae is a family of fish in the order Anguilliformes, commonly known as the snake eels. The term "Ophichthidae" comes from Greek ophis ("serpent") and ichthys ("fish"). Snake eels are also burrowing eels, they are named for their physical appearance, they have long, cylindrical snakelike bodies. This family is found worldwide in tropical to warm temperate waters. They inhabit a wide range of habitats, from coastal shallows and even rivers, to depths of above 800 m (2,600 ft). Most species are bottom dwellers, hiding in mud or sand to capture their prey of crustaceans and small fish, but some are pelagic.

Pieter Bleeker Dutch medical doctor, ichthyologist and herpetologist (1819-1878)

Pieter Bleeker was a Dutch medical doctor, ichthyologist, and herpetologist. He was famous for the Atlas Ichthyologique des Indes Orientales Néêrlandaises, his monumental work on the fishes of East Asia published between 1862 and 1877.

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References

  1. Synonyms of Cirrhimuraena tapeinoptera at www.fishbase.org.
  2. 1 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.