Rank Species | Phylum Chordata Order Anguilliformes | |
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Cirrhimuraena calamus, known commonly as the Fringed-lipped snake-eel or the Fringelip snake eel, is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by Albert Günther in 1870. It is a marine, temperate water-dwelling eel which is endemic to western Australia, in the eastern Indian Ocean. It forms burrows in the soft bottoms of inshore waters.
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