eel
Eels are ray-finned fish belonging to the order Anguilliformes (), which consists of eight suborders, 19 families, 111 genera, and about 800 species. Eels undergo considerable development from the early larval stage to the eventual adult stage ...
in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).''Cirrhimuraena inhacae'' at www.fishbase.org. It was described by
J.L.B. Smith
James Leonard Brierley Smith (26 September 1897 – 8 January 1968) was a South African ichthyologist, organic chemist, and university professor. He was the first to identify a taxidermied fish as a coelacanth, at the time thought to be long e ...
in 1962.Smith, J. L. B., 1962
''Sand-dwelling eels of the Western Indian Ocean and the Red Sea.'' Ichthyological Bulletin no. 24 447-466, Pls. 63-68. Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University It is a marine biology">marine
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, tropical eel which is known from the western Indian Ocean, including Inhaca Island, Mozambique and Madagascar. Males can reach a maximum total length of .