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