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 | |
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 | |
Chlopsis finitimus Whitley, 1935 |
References
edit- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Saurenchelys finitimus". FishBase. October 2015 version.