Slender snake eel

The slender snake eel (Scolecenchelys macroptera, also known as the narrow worm eel[2]) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[3] It was described by Pieter Bleeker in 1857.[4] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the Indo-Pacific, including East Africa, the Society Islands, the Ryukyu Islands, and the Great Barrier Reef. It dwells at a depth range of 30 to 33 metres (98 to 108 ft), and inhabits sand sediments, tidepools and swamps in mangroves. Males can reach a maximum total length of 25 centimetres (9.8 in).[3]

Slender snake eel
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Ophichthidae
Genus: Scolecenchelys
Species:
S. macroptera
Binomial name
Scolecenchelys macroptera
(Bleeker, 1857)
Synonyms[1]
  • Muraenichthys macropterus Bleeker, 1857
  • Muraenichthys owstoni Jordan & Snyder, 1901
  • Echidna uniformis Seale, 1901

References
  1. Synonyms of Scolecenchelys macroptera at www.fishbase.org.
  2. Common names of Scolecenchelys macroptera at www.fishbase.org.
  3. Scolecenchelys macroptera at www.fishbase.org.
  4. Bleeker, P., 1857 [ref. 356] Achtste bijdrage tot de kennis der vischfauna van Amboina. Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae v. 2 (no. 7): 1-102.


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