Biology:Indo-Pacific slender worm-eel
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Short description: Species of fish
| Indo-Pacific slender 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. gymnota
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| Binomial name | |
| Scolecenchelys gymnota (Bleeker, 1857)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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The Indo-Pacific slender worm-eel (Scolecenchelys gymnota, also known as the Slender worm eel[2]) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[3] It was described by Pieter Bleeker in 1857.[4] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the Indo-Pacific, including the Red Sea, East Africa, the Line Islands, the Society Islands, Johnston Island, Japan , Rapa Iti, Micronesia, and the southern Great Barrier Reef. It forms burrows in inshore sediments of loose gravel and sand. Males can reach a maximum total length of 38 centimetres (15 in).[3]
References
- ↑ Synonyms of Scolecenchelys gymnota at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ Common names of Scolecenchelys gymnota at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Scolecenchelys gymnota at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ Bleeker, P., 1857 [ref. 356] Achtste bijdrage tot de kennis der vischfauna van Amboina. Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae v. 2 (no. 7): 1-102.
Wikidata ☰ Q6410264 entry
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