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| binomial = ''Scolecenchelys tasmaniensis'' | binomial = ''Scolecenchelys tasmaniensis''
| binomial_authority = (McCulloch, 1911) | binomial_authority = (McCulloch, 1911)
| synonyms_ref = <ref> at www.fishbase.org.</ref>
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| synonyms = * ''Muraenichthys tasmaniensis'' <small>McCulloch, 1911</small>
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* ''Scolecenchelys tasmaniensis smithi'' <small>Whitley, 1944</small>
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The '''Tasmanian worm eel''' ('''''Scolecenchelys tasmaniensis''''') is an ] in the family ] (worm/snake eels).<ref name="Fishbase"> at www.fishbase.org.</ref> It was described by ] in 1911. The '''Tasmanian worm eel'''<ref> at www.fishbase.org.</ref> ('''''Scolecenchelys tasmaniensis''''') is an ] in the family ] (worm/snake eels).<ref name="Fishbase"> at www.fishbase.org.</ref> It was described by ] in 1911, originally under the genus '']''.<ref name="McCulloch 1911">McCulloch, A. R., 1911 (22 Dec.) ''Report on the fishes obtained by the F. I. S. "Endeavour," on the coasts of New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania.'' Part I. Biological Results Endeavour (pt 1): 1-87, Pls. 1-16.</ref> It is a ], ] water-dwelling eel which is endemic to southern ], in the eastern ]. It inhabits inshore waters, and forms burrows in soft sediments.<ref name="Fishbase"/>


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Tasmanian worm eel
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Ophichthidae
Genus: Scolecenchelys
Species: S. tasmaniensis
Binomial name
Scolecenchelys tasmaniensis
(McCulloch, 1911)
Synonyms
  • Muraenichthys tasmaniensis McCulloch, 1911
  • Scolecenchelys tasmaniensis smithi Whitley, 1944

The Tasmanian worm eel (Scolecenchelys tasmaniensis) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by Alan Riverstone McCulloch in 1911, originally under the genus Muraenichthys. It is a marine, temperate water-dwelling eel which is endemic to southern Australia, in the eastern Indian Ocean. It inhabits inshore waters, and forms burrows in soft sediments.

References

  1. Synonyms of Scolecenchelys tasmaniensis at www.fishbase.org.
  2. Common names of Scolecenchelys tasmaniensis at www.fishbase.org.
  3. ^ Scolecenchelys tasmaniensis at www.fishbase.org.
  4. McCulloch, A. R., 1911 (22 Dec.) Report on the fishes obtained by the F. I. S. "Endeavour," on the coasts of New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania. Part I. Biological Results Endeavour (pt 1): 1-87, Pls. 1-16.
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