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Cirricaecula macdowelli

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Cirricaecula macdowelli
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Ophichthidae
Genus: Cirricaecula
Species:
C. macdowelli
Binomial name
Cirricaecula macdowelli

Cirricaecula macdowelli is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[2] It was described by John E. McCosker and John Ernest Randall in 1993.[3] It is a subtropical, marine eel which is known from Taiwan, in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. Males can reach a maximum total length of 22.8 centimetres.[2]

Etymology

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The fish is named in honor of Michael McDowell, an Australian tour operator, who has taken the describers to remote outposts in search of rare specimens.[4]

References

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  1. ^ McCosker, J.; Smith, D.G. & Tighe, K. (2022). "Cirricaecula macdowelli". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T199182A2567473. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T199182A2567473.en. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
  2. ^ a b Cirricaecula macdowelli at www.fishbase.org.
  3. ^ McCosker, J. E. and J. E. Randall, 1993 (15 Aug.) [ref. 20826] Finless snake-eels of the genus Cirricaecula (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae), with the description of C. macdowelli from Taiwan. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology v. 40 (no. 2): 189-192.
  4. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (20 January 2023). "Order ANGUILLIFORMES, Snake Eels: Family OPHICHTHIDAE; Subfamily OPHICHTHINAE Günther 1870" (PDF). The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 29 January 2023.