Cirrimaxilla
| Cirrimaxilla | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Muraenidae |
| Genus: | Cirrimaxilla Hong Ming Chen & K. T. Shao, 1995 |
| Species: | C. formosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Cirrimaxilla formosa Hong Ming Chen & K. T. Shao, 1995
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The Taiwanese barbel moray,[2] Cirrimaxilla formosa, is a species of moray eel in the family Muraenidae, and the only member of the genus Cirrimaxilla.[3] It was described by Hong Ming Chen and K. T. Shao in 1995.[4] It is found only in Pingtung County, Taiwan. The holotype, a female, measures a total length of 16.6 centimetres (6.5 in).[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Smith, D.G.; McCosker, J.; Tighe, K. (2022). "Cirrimaxilla formosa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T195677A2400918. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T195677A2400918.en. Retrieved 8 May 2025.
- ^ "Common names of Cirrimaxilla formosa". FishBase.org.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Cirrimaxilla formosa". FishBase. June 2011 version.
- ^ Chen, H.-M.; 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. 57 (2): 328–332.
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