Cirrhimuraena

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Congroidei
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Kingdom: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Elopocephalai Supercohors: Elopocephala Cohors/Superordo: Elopomorpha Ordo: Anguilliformes Subordo: Congroidei

Familia: Ophichthidae
Subfamilia: Ophichthinae
Genus:
Species (11): C. calamus – C. cheilopogon – C. chinensis – C. inhacae – C. oliveri – C. orientalis – C. paucidens – C. playfairii – C. taiwanensis – C. tapeinoptera – C. yuanding

Name

Cirrhimuraena Kaup, 1856: 51
- Gender: feminine
- Type species: Cirrhimuraena chinensis Kaup, 1856
  - Fixation: monotypy

References

Primary references

Kaup, J.J. 1856: Uebersicht der Aale. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, 22 (1): 41–77. BHL

Additional references

Lin, Y-T., Lin, Y-H. & Han, Y-S. 2025. Cirrhimuraena taiwanensis sp. nov., a new species of cirri-bearing eel (Anguilliformes, Ophichthidae) from Yilan, northeastern Taiwan. ZooKeys 1224: 129–140. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1224.141248 Reference page.

Links

ION
Nomenclator Zoologicus
Cirrhimuraena species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2025. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
Cirrhimuraena and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2025. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
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