Sharpnose worm eel | |
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Scientific 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 | |
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The sharpnose worm eel (Scolecenchelys acutirostris) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by Max Carl Wilhelm Weber and Lieven Ferdinand de Beaufort, originally under the genus Muraenichthys. 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).
References
- Synonyms of Scolecenchelys acutirostris at www.fishbase.org.
- Common names of Scolecenchelys acutirostris at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Scolecenchelys acutirostris at www.fishbase.org.
- Weber, M. and L. F. de Beaufort, 1916 The fishes of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. III. Ostariophysi: II Cyprinoidea, Apodes, Synbranchi. E. J. Brill, Leiden. v. 3: i-xv + 1-455.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Scolecenchelys acutirostris |
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