Inhaca fringelip

{{Short description|Species of fish}} {{speciesbox | image = | status= DD | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name = iucn>{{cite iucn |author=McCosker, J.|author-link=John E. McCosker |author2=Smith, D.G. |name-list-style=& |author3=Tighe, K. |year=2022 |title=''Cirrhimuraena inhacae'' |article-number=e.T199276A2577571 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T199276A2577571.en |access-date=12 November 2024}}</ref> | taxon = Cirrhimuraena inhacae | authority = (J. L. B. Smith, 1962) | synonyms_ref = <ref>[http://www.fishbase.org/Nomenclature/SynonymsList.php?ID=15669&SynCode=47737&GenusName=Cirrhimuraena&SpeciesName=inhacae Synonyms of ''Cirrhimuraena inhacae''] at www.fishbase.org.</ref> | synonyms = * ''Jenkinsiella inhacae'' <small>J. L. B. Smith, 1962</small> }} The '''Inhaca fringelip'''<ref>[http://www.fishbase.org/comnames/CommonNamesList.php?ID=15669&GenusName=Cirrhimuraena&SpeciesName=inhacae&StockCode=14811 Common names of ''Cirrhimuraena inhacae''] at www.fishbase.org.</ref> ('''''Cirrhimuraena inhacae''''') is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).<ref name="Fishbase">[http://www.fishbase.org/summary/Cirrhimuraena-inhacae.html ''Cirrhimuraena inhacae''] at www.fishbase.org.</ref> It was described by J.L.B. Smith in 1962.<ref name="Smith, 1962">Smith, J. L. B., 1962 [ref. 6436] [http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1019664 ''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</ref> It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the western Indian Ocean, including Inhaca Island, Mozambique and Madagascar. Males can reach a maximum total length of {{convert|23|cm|in}}.<ref name="Fishbase"/>

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Category:Cirrhimuraena Category:Fish described in 1962 Category:Taxa named by J. L. B. Smith