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: Cirricaecula
Species (2): C. johnsoni – C. macdowelli
Name
Cirricaecula Schultz in Schultz et al., 1953: 49
Gender: feminine
Type species: Cirricaecula johnsoni Schultz, 1953
Fixation: original designation [also monotypic]
References
Primary references
Schultz, L.P., Herald, E.S., Lachner, E.A., Welander, A.D., & Woods, L.P. 1953: Fishes of the Marshall and Marianas islands. Vol. I. Families from Asymmetrontidae through Siganidae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 202, 1: i-xxxii + 1-685, Pls. 1-74. BHL
Additional references
Links
ION
Nomenclator Zoologicus
Cirricaecula species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
Cirricaecula 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
Cirricaecula is a genus of eels in the snake eel family Ophichthidae.
Species
There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[1]
Cirricaecula johnsoni L. P. Schultz, 1953 (Fringelip snake-eel)
Cirricaecula macdowelli McCosker & J. E. Randall, 1993
References
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Cirricaecula". FishBase. December 2012 version.
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