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Taiwanese worm eel

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Taiwanese worm eel
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Ophichthidae
Subfamily: Myrophinae
Genus: Sympenchelys
Hibino, H. C. Ho & Kimura, 2015 [1]
Species:
S. taiwanensis
Binomial name
Sympenchelys taiwanensis

The Taiwanese worm eel (Sympenchelys taiwanensis) is a species of ophichthid fish found in Taiwan. This species is only known from northeastern and southwestern Taiwan. This species is the only member of the genus Sympenchelys.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Hibino, Y.; Ho, H.-C. & Kimura, S. (2015). "A new genus and species of worm eels, Sympenchelys taiwanensis (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae: Myrophinae), from the northwestern Pacific Ocean" (PDF). Zootaxa. 4060 (1): 41–48. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4060.1.6. PMID 26701588.