Sharpnose worm eel

The Sharpnose worm eel[2] (Scolecenchelys acutirostris) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[3] It was described by Max Carl Wilhelm Weber and Lieven Ferdinand de Beaufort, originally under the genus Muraenichthys.[4] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from Indonesia, in the western Pacific Ocean. It inhabits sandy areas near reefs. Males can reach a maximum total length of 10 centimetres (3.9 in).[3]

Sharpnose worm eel
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Ophichthidae
Genus: Scolecenchelys
Species:
S. acutirostris
Binomial name
Scolecenchelys acutirostris
(Weber & de Beaufort, 1916)
Synonyms[1]
  • Muraenichthys acutirostris Weber & de Beaufort, 1916

References
  1. Synonyms of Scolecenchelys acutirostris at www.fishbase.org.
  2. Common names of Scolecenchelys acutirostris at www.fishbase.org.
  3. Scolecenchelys acutirostris at www.fishbase.org.
  4. Weber, M. and L. F. de Beaufort, 1916 [ref. 4604] The fishes of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. III. Ostariophysi: II Cyprinoidea, Apodes, Synbranchi. E. J. Brill, Leiden. v. 3: i-xv + 1-455.


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