Cirrhimuraena cheilopogon is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[3] It was described by Pieter Bleeker in 1860.[4] It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from Papua New Guinea, in the western central Pacific Ocean.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Ophichthidae |
| Genus: | Cirrhimuraena |
| Species: | C. cheilopogon
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| Binomial name | |
| Cirrhimuraena cheilopogon (Bleeker, 1860)
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References
edit- ^ McCosker, J.; Smith, D.G. & Tighe, K. (2022). "Cirrhimuraena cheilopogon". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T199072A2555871. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T199072A2555871.en. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
- ^ Synonyms of Cirrhimuraena cheilopogon at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ a b Cirrhimuraena cheilopogon at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Bleeker, P., 1860 [ref. 379] Dertiende bijdrage tot de kennis der vischfauna van Celebes (Visschen van Bonthain, Badjoa, Sindjai, Lagoesi en Pompenoea). Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae v. 8 (art. 7): 1-60.
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