| Whitsunday wire eel | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Nettastomatidae |
| Genus: | Saurenchelys |
| Species: | S. finitima |
| Binomial name | |
| Saurenchelys finitima (Whitley, 1935) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Chlopsis finitimus Whitley, 1935 | |
Saurenchelys finitima, also known as the Whitsunday wire eel, is a species of eel in the family Nettastomatidae. It was described by Gilbert Percy Whitley in 1935, originally under the genus Chlopsis. It is a marine, tropical eel which is endemic to Australia, in the western Pacific Ocean.
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