Cirricaecula johnsoni

Cirricaecula johnsoni, known commonly as the Fringelip snake eel, is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by Leonard Peter Schultz in 1953. 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.

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