Indo-Pacific slender worm-eel

Indo-Pacific slender worm-eel
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Ophichthidae
Genus: Scolecenchelys
Species: S. gymnota
Binomial name
Scolecenchelys gymnota
(Bleeker, 1857)
Synonyms[1]
  • Muraenichthys gymnotus Bleeker, 1857
  • Scolecenchelys gymnotus (Bleeker, 1857)
  • Muaenichthys gymnotus Bleeker, 1857
  • Sphagebranchus huysmani Weber, 1913
  • Muraenichthys fowleri Schultz, 1943

The Indo-Pacific slender worm-eel (Scolecenchelys gymnota, also known as the Slender worm eel[2]) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[3] It was described by Pieter Bleeker in 1857.[4] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the Indo-Pacific, including the Red Sea, East Africa, the Line Islands, the Society Islands, Johnston Island, Japan, Rapa Iti, Micronesia, and the southern Great Barrier Reef. It forms burrows in inshore sediments of loose gravel and sand. Males can reach a maximum total length of 38 centimetres (15 in).[3]

References

  1. ↑ Synonyms of Scolecenchelys gymnota at www.fishbase.org.
  2. ↑ Common names of Scolecenchelys gymnota at www.fishbase.org.
  3. 1 2 Scolecenchelys gymnota at www.fishbase.org.
  4. ↑ Bleeker, P., 1857 [ref. 356] Achtste bijdrage tot de kennis der vischfauna van Amboina. Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae v. 2 (no. 7): 1-102.


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