Cirrimaxilla

Cirrimaxilla
Scientific 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,[1] Cirrimaxilla formosa, is a species of eel in the family Muraenidae, and the only member of the genus Cirrimaxilla.[2] It was described by Hong Ming Chen and K. T. Shao in 1995.[3] It is found only in Pingtung County, Taiwan. The holotype, a female, measures a total length of 16.6 centimetres (6.5 in).[2]

References

Common names of Cirrimaxilla formosa at www.fishbase.org.
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2011). "Cirrimaxilla formosa" in FishBase. June 2011 version.
Chen, H.-M. and K.-T. Shao, 1995 [ref. 22201] 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.

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[1] Common names of Cirrimaxilla formosa at www.fishbase.org.

[Fishbase-2] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2011). "Cirrimaxilla formosa" in FishBase. June 2011 version.

[Chen_&_Shao,_1995-3] Chen, H.-M. and K.-T. Shao, 1995 [ref. 22201] 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.