Kingdom Animalia Class Actinopterygii Family Muraenidae Rank Species | Phylum Chordata Order Anguilliformes Genus Anarchias | |
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Anarchias supremus is an eel in the family Muraenidae (moray eels). It was described by John E. McCosker and Andrew L. Stewart in 2006. It is a subtropical, marine eel which is known from Macauley Island on the Kermadec Ridge in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. Males are known to reach a maximum total length of 19.1 centimetres.
The species epithet is derived from the Latin word for "supreme/uppermost", acknowledging Anarchias supremus's possession of the most vertebrae of any known species in the genus.
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