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Cirrhimuraena orientalis

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Cirrhimuraena orientalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Ophichthidae
Genus: Cirrhimuraena
Species:
C. orientalis
Binomial name
Cirrhimuraena orientalis
Nguyen, 1993

Cirrhimuraena orientalis is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[1] It was described by Nguyen Khac Huong in 1993.[2] It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from Vietnam, in the western Pacific Ocean.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Cirrhimuraena orientalis at www.fishbase.org.
  2. ^ Nguyen, K. H., 1993 [ref. 24102] Marine fishes of Vietnam (Anguillomorpha, Cyprinomorpha, Atherinomorpha). Science & Technology Publishers, Hanoi. v. 2 (no. 2): 1-176.