Whitsunday wire eel

Saurenchelys finitima
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Nettastomatidae
Genus: Saurenchelys
Species: S. finitima
Binomial name
Saurenchelys finitima
(Whitley, 1935)
Synonyms

Chlopsis finitimus Whitley, 1935

Saurenchelys finitima, also known as the Whitsunday wire eel is a species of eel in the family Nettastomatidae.[1] It was described by Gilbert Percy Whitley in 1935, originally under the genus Chlopsis. It is a marine, tropical eel which is endemic to Australia, in the western Pacific Ocean.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Saurenchelys finitimus" in FishBase. October 2015 version.


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