Scolecenchelys cookei
Scolecenchelys cookei | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Ophichthidae |
Genus: | Scolecenchelys |
Species: | S. cookei |
Binomial name | |
Scolecenchelys cookei (Fowler, 1928) | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Scolecenchelys cookei is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[2] It was described by Henry Weed Fowler in 1928, originally under the genus Muraenichthys.[3] It is a marine, temperate water-dwelling eel which is known from Hawaii, in the eastern central Pacific Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 3 to 5 metres (9.8 to 16.4 ft), and inhabits pockets of sand in coral reefs. Males can reach a maximum total length of 15.5 centimetres (6.1 in).[2]
References
- ↑ Synonyms of Scolecenchelys cookei at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Scolecenchelys cookei at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ Fowler, H. W., 1928 [ref. 5596] The fishes of Oceania. Memoirs of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum. No. 10: i-iii + 1-540, Pls. 1-49.