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]
| Whitsunday wire eel | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Nettastomatidae |
| Genus: | Saurenchelys |
| Species: | S. finitima
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| Binomial name | |
| Saurenchelys finitima (Whitley, 1935)
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| Synonyms | |
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Chlopsis finitimus Whitley, 1935 | |
References
edit- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Saurenchelys finitimus". FishBase. October 2015 version.
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