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Sharpnose worm eel

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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

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]

References

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  1. ^ Synonyms of Scolecenchelys acutirostris at www.fishbase.org.
  2. ^ Common names of Scolecenchelys acutirostris at www.fishbase.org.
  3. ^ a b 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.