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Cirrimaxilla
Scientific classification Edit this 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, Cirrimaxilla formosa, is a species of eel in the family Muraenidae, and the only member of the genus Cirrimaxilla. It was described by Hong Ming Chen and K. T. Shao in 1995. It is found only in Pingtung County, Taiwan. The holotype, a female, measures a total length of 16.6 centimetres (6.5 in).

References

  1. Common names of Cirrimaxilla formosa at www.fishbase.org.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Cirrimaxilla formosa". FishBase. June 2011 version.
  3. Chen, H.-M. and 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 v. 57 (no. 2): 328-332.
Taxon identifiers
Cirrimaxilla formosa


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