Cirricaecula johnsoni
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| Cirricaecula johnsoni | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Ophichthidae |
| Genus: | Cirricaecula |
| Species: | C. johnsoni |
| Binomial name | |
| Cirricaecula johnsoni L. P. Schultz, 1953 | |
Cirricaecula johnsoni, known commonly as the Fringelip snake eel,[2] is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[3] It was described by Leonard Peter Schultz in 1953.[4] 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.[3]
