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 | |
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]