Cirrimaxilla

Cirrimaxilla
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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, ^[2] Cirrimaxilla formosa, is a species of moray eel in the family Muraenidae, and the only member of the genus Cirrimaxilla. ^[3] It was described by Hong Ming Chen and K. T. Shao in 1995. ^[4] It is found only in Pingtung County, Taiwan. The holotype, a female, measures a total length of 16.6 centimetres (6.5 in). ^[3]

References

1. Smith, D.G.; McCosker, J.; Tighe, K. (2022). "Cirrimaxilla formosa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2022: e.T195677A2400918. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T195677A2400918.en . Retrieved 8 May 2025.
2. "Common names of Cirrimaxilla formosa". FishBase.org.
3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Cirrimaxilla formosa". FishBase . June 2011 version.
4. Chen, H.-M.; K.-T. Shao (1995). "New eel genus, Cirrimaxilla, and description of the type species, Cirrimaxilla formosa (Pisces: Muraenidae) from southern Taiwan". Bulletin of Marine Science. 57 (2): 328–332.