Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Congroidei 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Elopocephalai
Supercohors: Elopocephala
Cohors/Superordo: Elopomorpha
Ordo: Anguilliformes
Subordo: Congroidei

Familia: Ophichthidae
Subfamilia: Myrophinae
Genus: Scolecenchelys
Species: S. acutirostris S. aoki S. australis S. borealis S. brevicaudata S. breviceps S. castlei S. chilensis S. cookei S. fuscapenis S. fuscogularis S. godeffroyi S. gymnota S. hattae S. iredalei S. laticaudata S. macroptera S. nicholsae S. profundorum S. puhioilo S. robusta S. vermiformis S. xorae

Name

  • Scolecenchelys Ogilby, 1897: 246
    • Gender: feminine
    • Type species: Muraenichthys australis Macleay, 1881
      • Typification: original designation [also monotypic]

Synonyms

  • Aotea Phillipps, 1926
  • Myropterura Ogilby, 1897

References

Primary references

  • Ogilby, J.D. 1897. Some new genera and species of fishes. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 22(2): 245–251. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

  • Castle, P. H. J. & McCosker, J. E., 1999: A new genus and two new species of Myrophine worm-eels, with comments on Muraenichthys and Scolecenchelys (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae). Records of the Australian Museum, 51 (2-3): 113–122.
  • Hibino, Y. & Kimura, S. 2015. Revision of the Scolecenchelys gymnota species group with descriptions of two new species (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae: Myrophinae). Ichthyological Research 63(1) [2016]: 1–22. DOI: 10.1007/s10228-015-0485-4Reference page. 
  • McCosker, J. E., 1970: A review of the eel genera Leptenchelys and Muraenichthys, with the descriptions of a new genus, Schismorhynchus, and a new species Muraenichthys chilensis. Pacific Science, 24 (4): 506–516.
  • Phillipps, W. J., 1926: New or rare fishes of New Zealand. Transactions New Zealand Institute, 56: 529–537.
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