Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
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: Cirrhimuraena
Species (10): C. calamus – C. cheilopogon – C. chinensis – C. inhacae – C. oliveri – C. orientalis – C. paucidens – C. playfairii – 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
Links
ION
Nomenclator Zoologicus
Cirrhimuraena species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. 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.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
ITIS
Cirrhimuraena chinensis
Cirrhimuraena tapeinoptera
Cirrhimuraena is a genus of eels in the snake eel family Ophichthidae.
Species
There are currently 10 recognized species in this genus:[1]
Cirrhimuraena calamus (Günther, 1870)
Cirrhimuraena cheilopogon (Bleeker, 1860)
Cirrhimuraena chinensis Kaup, 1856
Cirrhimuraena inhacae (J. L. B. Smith, 1962) (Inhaca fringelip)
Cirrhimuraena oliveri (Seale, 1910)
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
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Cirrhimuraena". FishBase. October 2012 version.
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