Cirricaecula_johnsoni

<i>Cirricaecula johnsoni</i>

Cirricaecula johnsoni

Species of fish

Cirricaecula johnsoni, known commonly as the Fringelip snake eel,[1] is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[2] It was described by Leonard Peter Schultz in 1953.[3] It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from the Rongerik Atoll, Marshall Islands, in the western central Pacific Ocean. Males can reach a maximum total length of 40 centimetres.[2]

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Etymology

The fish was named in honor of Dr. Martin Johnson, who was at Scripps Institute of Oceanography in La Jolla, California.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    Common names for Cirricaecula johnsoni at www.fishbase.org.
  2. [2]
    Cirricaecula johnsoni at www.fishbase.org.
  3. [3]
    Schultz, L. P., E. S. Herald, E. A. Lachner, A. D. Welander and L. P. Woods, 1953 [ref. 3975] Fishes of the Marshall and Marianas islands. Vol. I. Families from Asymmetrontidae through Siganidae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 202, v. 1: i-xxxii + 1-685, Pls. 1-74.
  4. [4]
    1953, Schultz, L. P., Fishes of the Marshall and Marianas Islands, Smithsonian Bulletin 202
  • Myers, R.F., 1991. Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p.


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