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Whitsunday wire eel

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Whitsunday wire eel
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Nettastomatidae
Genus: Saurenchelys
Species:
S. finitima
Binomial name
Saurenchelys finitima
(Whitley, 1935)
Synonyms

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

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  1. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Saurenchelys finitimus". FishBase. October 2015 version.