Chilorhinus
Appearance
Chilorhinus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Chlopsidae |
Genus: | Chilorhinus Lütken, 1852 |
Type species | |
Chilorhinus suensonii Lütken, 1852[1]
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Chilorhinus is a small genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Chlopsidae, the false morays. These eels occur in tropical waters
Species
[edit]Chilorhinus contains the following two species:[2]
- Chilorhinus platyrhynchus (Norman, 1922) (flatnose xenocongrid eel)
- Chilorhinus suensonii Lütken, 1852 (seagrass eel)
References
[edit]- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Chlopsidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Chilorhinus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Chilorhinus". FishBase. June 2011 version.