Neenchelys

Neenchelys is a genus of snake eels native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. All species of Neenchelys have two rather than three preopercular pores (except for N. parvipectoralis which usually has one), a significant character among many species of ophichthids (McCosker 1977).

Neenchelys
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Ophichthidae
Genus: Neenchelys
Bamber, 1915
Type species
Neenchelys microtretus
Bamber, 1915

Species

There are currently 12 recognized species in this genus:

References

  1. Hibino, Y.; Satapoomin, U.; Kimura, S. (2015). "A new species of Neenchelys (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae: Myrophinae) from the eastern Indian Ocean" (PDF). Zootaxa. 4060 (1): 56โ€“61. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4060.1.9. PMID 26701591.
  2. Ho, H.-C.; McCosker, J.E.; Smith, D.G. (2015). "Renaming of three recently described eels of the genus Neenchelys (Teleostei: Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from the western Pacific" (PDF). Zootaxa. 4060 (1): 49โ€“51. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4060.1.7. PMID 26701589.
  3. Ho, H.-C.; Loh, K.-H. (2015). "A new species of the worm-eel genus Neenchelys (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from southern Taiwan" (PDF). Zootaxa. 4060 (1): 52โ€“55. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4060.1.8. PMID 26701590.
  4. Hibino, Y., Ho, H.-C. & Kimura, S. (2012): A new worm eel Neenchelys mccoskeri (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from Taiwan and Japan. Ichthyological Research, 59 (4): 342-346.
  5. Tashiro, F., Hibino, Y. & Imamura, H. (2015): Description of a new species of the genus Neenchelys (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae, Myrophinae) from the eastern Indian Ocean, with comments on the availability of three congeners. Ichthyological Research, 63 (1): 53-58.


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