Cirrhimuraena cheilopogon is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).Cirrhimuraena cheilopogon at www.fishbase.org. It was described by Pieter Bleeker in 1860.Bleeker, P., 1860 [ref. 379] Dertiende bijdrage tot de kennis der vischfauna van Celebes (Visschen van Bonthain, Badjoa, Sindjai, Lagoesi en Pompenoea). Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae v. 8 (art. 7): 1-60. It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from Papua New Guinea, in the western central Pacific Ocean.
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