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| Tasmanian worm eel | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Ophichthidae |
| Genus: | Scolecenchelys |
| Species: | S. tasmaniensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Scolecenchelys tasmaniensis (McCulloch, 1911) | |
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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
- Synonyms of Scolecenchelys tasmaniensis at www.fishbase.org.
- Common names of Scolecenchelys tasmaniensis at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Scolecenchelys tasmaniensis at www.fishbase.org.
- 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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