Cirrhimuraena yuanding is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[2] It was described by Tang Wen-Qiao and Zhang Chun-Guang in 2003.[3] It is a subtropical, marine eel which is known from the East China Sea, in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. Males can reach a maximum total length of 52 centimetres.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Ophichthidae |
| Genus: | Cirrhimuraena |
| Species: | C. yuanding
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| Binomial name | |
| Cirrhimuraena yuanding W. Q. Tang & C. G. Zhang, 2003
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The species epithet refers to Professor Zhu Yuang-Ding, the leading authority on ichthyology and fishery science in China.[2]
References
edit- ^ McCosker, J.; Smith, D.G. & Tighe, K. (2022). "Cirrhimuraena yuanding". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T199280A2578093. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T199280A2578093.en. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
- ^ a b c Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Cirrhimuraena yuanding". FishBase. June 2024 version.
- ^ Tang, W.-Q., and C.-G. Zhang, 2003 [ref. 27147] A new species of the genus Cirrhimuraena from the East China Sea (Pisces, Anguilliformes, Ophichthidae). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica v. 28 (no. 3): 551-553.
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