''Cirrhimuraena yuanding'' is an

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 yuanding''
at www.fishbase.org. It was described by Tang Wen-Qiao and

Zhang Chun-Guang Zhang may refer to: Chinese culture, etc. * Zhang (surname) (張/张), common Chinese surname ** Zhang (surname 章), a rarer Chinese surname * Zhang County (漳县), of Dingxi, Gansu * Zhang River (漳河), a river flowing mainly in Henan * ''Zha ...

in 2003.Tang, W.-Q., and C.-G. Zhang, 2003 ef. 27147''A new species of the genus Cirrhimuraena from the East China Sea (Pisces, Anguilliformes, Ophichthidae).'' Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica v. 28 (no. 3): 551-553. It is a

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eel which is known from the

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, in the northwestern

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. Males can reach a maximum

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of 52 centimetres. The species epithet refers to Professor Zhu Yuang-Ding, the leading authority on

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and

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References

Ophichthidae Taxa named by Tang Wen-Qiao Taxa named by Zhang Chun-Guang Fish described in 2003 {{Ophichthidae-stub