Kingdom Animalia Class Actinopterygii Family Nettastomatidae Rank Species | Phylum Chordata Order Anguilliformes Genus Saurenchelys | |
Saurenchelys finitima, also known as the Whitsunday wire eel is a species of eel in the family Nettastomatidae. 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.
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