Scolecenchelys
| Scolecenchelys | |
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| Scolecenchelys breviceps (Long-finned worm eel) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Ophichthidae |
| Genus: | Scolecenchelys J. D. Ogilby, 1897 |
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Scolecenchelys is a genus of eels in the snake eel family Ophichthidae.
Species
There are currently 22 recognized species in this genus:[1][2][3]
- Scolecenchelys acutirostris (M. C. W. Weber & de Beaufort, 1916)
- Scolecenchelys aoki (Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
- Scolecenchelys australis (W. J. 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 fuscapenis McCosker, Ide & Endo, 2012[2]
- Scolecenchelys fuscogularis Hibino, Kai & Seishi Kimura, 2013[3]
- 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)
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). Species of Scolecenchelys in FishBase. April 2012 version.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 McCosker, J.E., Ide, S. & Endo, H. (2012): Three new species of ophichthid eels (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from Japan. Bulletin of the National Museum of Natural Science, Ser. A., Supplement No. 6: 1-16.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Hibino, Y., Kai, Y. & Kimura, S. (2013): Scolecenchelys fuscogularis (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae, Myrophinae), a new worm eel from Japan. Ichthyological Research, 60 (1): 43-47.