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Inhaca fringelip

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Inhaca fringelip
Conservation status

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Ophichthidae
Genus: Cirrhimuraena
Species: C. inhacae
Binomial name
Cirrhimuraena inhacae
(J. L. B. Smith, 1962)
Synonyms
  • Jenkinsiella inhacae J. L. B. Smith, 1962

The Inhaca fringelip (Cirrhimuraena inhacae) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by J.L.B. Smith in 1962. It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the western Indian Ocean, including Inhaca Island, Mozambique and Madagascar. Males can reach a maximum total length of 23 centimetres (9.1 in).

References

  1. McCosker, J.; Smith, D.G. & Tighe, K. (2022). "Cirrhimuraena inhacae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T199276A2577571. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T199276A2577571.en. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
  2. Synonyms of Cirrhimuraena inhacae at www.fishbase.org.
  3. Common names of Cirrhimuraena inhacae at www.fishbase.org.
  4. ^ Cirrhimuraena inhacae at www.fishbase.org.
  5. Smith, J. L. B., 1962 Sand-dwelling eels of the Western Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. Ichthyological Bulletin no. 24, 447-466, Pls. 63-68. Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University
Taxon identifiers
Cirrhimuraena inhacae


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