Cirricaecula_macdowelli

<i>Cirricaecula macdowelli</i>

Cirricaecula macdowelli

Species of fish

Cirricaecula macdowelli is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[1] It was described by John E. McCosker and John Ernest Randall in 1993.[2] It is a subtropical, marine eel which is known from Taiwan, in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. Males can reach a maximum total length of 22.8 centimetres.[1]

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Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Michael McDowell, an Australian tour operator, who has taken the describers to remote outposts in search of rare specimens.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    Cirricaecula macdowelli at www.fishbase.org.
  2. [2]
    McCosker, J. E. and J. E. Randall, 1993 (15 Aug.) [ref. 20826] Finless snake-eels of the genus Cirricaecula (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae), with the description of C. macdowelli from Taiwan. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology v. 40 (no. 2): 189-192.
  3. [3]
    Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (20 January 2023). "Order ANGUILLIFORMES, Snake Eels: Family OPHICHTHIDAE; Subfamily OPHICHTHINAE Günther 1870" (PDF). The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 29 January 2023.


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