Sharpnose worm eel

Sharpnose worm eel
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Ophichthidae
Genus: Scolecenchelys
Species: S. acutirostris
Binomial name
Scolecenchelys acutirostris
(Weber & de Beaufort, 1916)
Synonyms[1]
  • Muraenichthys acutirostris Weber & de Beaufort, 1916

The Sharpnose worm eel[2] (Scolecenchelys acutirostris) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[3] It was described by Max Carl Wilhelm Weber and Lieven Ferdinand de Beaufort, originally under the genus Muraenichthys.[4] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from Indonesia, in the western Pacific Ocean. It inhabits sandy areas near reefs. Males can reach a maximum total length of 10 centimetres (3.9 in).[3]

References

  1. ↑ Synonyms of Scolecenchelys acutirostris at www.fishbase.org.
  2. ↑ Common names of Scolecenchelys acutirostris at www.fishbase.org.
  3. 1 2 Scolecenchelys acutirostris at www.fishbase.org.
  4. ↑ Weber, M. and L. F. de Beaufort, 1916 [ref. 4604] The fishes of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. III. Ostariophysi: II Cyprinoidea, Apodes, Synbranchi. E. J. Brill, Leiden. v. 3: i-xv + 1-455.


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