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