''Anarchias supremus'' is an eel in the family Muraenidae (moray eels).''Anarchias supremus''
at www.fishbase.org. It was described by John E. McCosker and

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in 2006. It is a

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eel which is known from

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on the Kermadec Ridge in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. Males are known to reach a maximum total length of 19.1 centimetres. The

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is derived from the Latin word for "supreme/uppermost", acknowledging ''Anarchias supremuss possession of the most vertebrae of any known species in the genus.

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supremus Fish described in 2006 Fish of the Pacific Ocean {{muraenidae-stub