Cirrhimuraena chinensis is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).Cirrhimuraena chinensis at www.fishbase.org. It was described by Johann Jakob Kaup in 1856.Kaup, J. J., 1856 [ref. 2572] Uebersicht der Aale. Archiv für Naturgeschichte v. 22 (no. 1): 41-77. It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from China and Papua New Guinea, in the western Pacific Ocean. Males can reach a maximum standard length of 54.8 centimetres.
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