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Chilorhinus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Actinopterygii

Family
  
Chlopsidae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Anguilliformes

Rank
  
Genus

Similar
  
Chlopsis, Chlopsidae, Collared eel, Key worm eel, Coloconger

Chilorhinus is a small genus of eels of the family Chlopsidae that occurs in tropical waters. It contains these two described species:

  • C. platyrhynchus (Norman, 1922) (flatnose xenocongrid eel)
  • C. suensonii Lütken, 1852 (seagrass eel)
  • References

    Chilorhinus Wikipedia