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  6. ›True Eels
  7. ›Congroidei
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  9. ›Snake Eels
  10. ›Cirricaecula
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Fringelip snake eel

Cirricaecula johnsoni

Cirricaecula johnsoni, known commonly as the Fringelip snake eel, is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by Leonard Peter Schultz in 1953. 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.

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