Cirrhimuraena calamus

Cirrhimuraena calamus, known commonly as the fringed-lipped snake-eel or the fringelip snake eel,^[3] is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).^[4] It was described by Albert Günther in 1870.^[5] It is a marine, temperate water-dwelling eel which is endemic to western Australia, in the eastern Indian Ocean. It forms burrows in the soft bottoms of inshore waters.^[4]

Cirrhimuraena calamus
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Ophichthidae
Genus:	Cirrhimuraena
Species:	C. calamus
Binomial name
Cirrhimuraena calamus (Günther, 1870)
Synonyms[2]
Ophichthys calamus Günther, 1870