Cirricaecula johnsoni explained

Cirricaecula johnsoni, known commonly as the Fringelip snake eel,^[1] is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).^[2] It was described by Leonard Peter Schultz in 1953.^[3] It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from the Rongerik Atoll, Marshall Islands, in the western central Pacific Ocean. Males can reach a maximum total length of 40 centimetres.^[2]

Etymology

The fish was named in honor of Dr. Martin Johnson, who was at Scripps Institute of Oceanography in La Jolla, California.^[4]

References

• Myers, R.F., 1991. Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p.

Notes and References

1. http://www.fishbase.org/comnames/CommonNamesList.php?ID=17393&GenusName=Cirricaecula&SpeciesName=johnsoni&StockCode=15580 Common names for Cirricaecula johnsoni
2. http://www.fishbase.org/summary/Cirricaecula-johnsoni.html Cirricaecula johnsoni
3. Schultz, L. P., E. S. Herald, E. A. Lachner, A. D. Welander and L. P. Woods, 1953 [ref. 3975] Fishes of the Marshall and Marianas islands. Vol. I. Families from Asymmetrontidae through Siganidae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 202, v. 1: i-xxxii + 1-685, Pls. 1-74.
4. 1953, Schultz, L. P., Fishes of the Marshall and Marianas Islands, Smithsonian Bulletin 202