Scolecenchelys
Scolecenchelys is a genus of eels in the snake eel family Ophichthidae. It currently contains the following species:
- Scolecenchelys acutirostris (Weber & de Beaufort, 1916)
- Scolecenchelys australis (Macleay, 1881) (Short-finned worm-eel)
- Scolecenchelys borealis (Machida & Shiogaki, 1990)
- Scolecenchelys breviceps (Günther, 1876) (Short-headed worm-eel)
- Scolecenchelys castlei McCosker, 2006 (Deepwater big-eyed worm-eel)
- Scolecenchelys chilensis (McCosker, 1970)
- Scolecenchelys cookei (Fowler, 1928)
- Scolecenchelys erythraeensis (Bauchot & Maugé, 1980)
- Scolecenchelys godeffroyi (Regan, 1909) (Godeffroy)
- Scolecenchelys gymnota (Bleeker, 1857) (Indo-Pacific slender worm-eel)
- Scolecenchelys japonica (Machida & Ohta, 1993)
- Scolecenchelys laticaudata (J. D. Ogilby, 1897) (Redfin worm-eel)
- Scolecenchelys macroptera (Bleeker, 1857) (Slender snake-eel)
- Scolecenchelys nicholsae (Waite, 1904) (Nichols' worm-eel)
- Scolecenchelys okamurai (Machida & Ohta, 1996)
- Scolecenchelys profundorum (McCosker & Parin, 1995)
- Scolecenchelys puhioilo (McCosker, 1979)
- Scolecenchelys tasmaniensis (McCulloch, 1911) (Tasmanian worm-eel)
- Scolecenchelys vermiformis (W. K. H. Peters, 1866)
- Scolecenchelys xorae (J. L. B. Smith, 1958) (Orangehead worm-eel)
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