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Genus of fishes

Cirrhimuraena

Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Ophichthidae
Subfamily:	Ophichthinae
Genus:	Cirrhimuraena Kaup, 1856
Type species
Cirrhimuraena chinensis Kaup, 1856
Species
See text
Synonyms
Calamuraena Whitley, 1944 Jenkinsiella D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1905

Cirrhimuraena is a genus of eels in the snake eel family Ophichthidae.

Species

There are currently 12 recognized species in this genus:

Cirrhimuraena calamus (Günther, 1870)
Cirrhimuraena cheilopogon (Bleeker, 1860)
Cirrhimuraena chinensis Kaup, 1856
Cirrhimuraena indica Mohapatra, Mohanty, Ray, Mishra & Seth, 2021
Cirrhimuraena inhacae (J. L. B. Smith, 1962) (Inhaca fringelip)
Cirrhimuraena oliveri (Seale, 1910)
Cirrhimuraena odishaensis Mohanty, Behera, Patro & Mohapatra, 2023
Cirrhimuraena orientalis K. H. Nguyen, 1993
Cirrhimuraena paucidens Herre & G. S. Myers, 1931
Cirrhimuraena playfairii (Günther, 1870) (Fringelip snake-eel)
Cirrhimuraena tapeinoptera Bleeker, 1863
Cirrhimuraena yuanding W. Q. Tang & C. G. Zhang, 2003

References

^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Ophichthidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Cirrhimuraena". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 12 November 2024.

Taxon identifiers
Cirrhimuraena	Wikidata: Q5121991 Wikispecies: Cirrhimuraena AFD: Cirrhimuraena BOLD: 316971 CoL: 3Q5W GBIF: 2405126 iNaturalist: 87492 IRMNG: 1198595 ITIS: 161496 NCBI: 1323569 WoRMS: 203908

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