Scolecenchelys
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Scolecenchelys is a genus of eel
s in the snake eel family Ophichthidae. It currently contains the following species:
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Eels are an order of fish, which consists of four suborders, 20 families, 111 genera and approximately 800 species. Most eels are predators...
s in the snake eel family Ophichthidae. It currently contains the following species:
- Scolecenchelys acutirostris (Weber & de Beaufort, 1916)
- Scolecenchelys australis (MacleayWilliam John MacleaySir William John Macleay . was an Australian politician, zoologist and naturalist.-Early life:Macleay was born at Wick, Caithness, Scotland, second son of Kenneth Macleay of Keiss and his wife Barbara, née Horne...
, 1881) (Short-finned worm-eel) - Scolecenchelys borealis (Machida & Shiogaki, 1990)
- Scolecenchelys breviceps (Günther, 1876) (Short-headed worm-eel)
- Scolecenchelys castlei McCosker, 2006 (Deepwater big-eyed worm-eel)
- Scolecenchelys chilensis (McCosker, 1970)
- Scolecenchelys cookei (FowlerHenry Weed FowlerHenry Weed Fowler was an American zoologist born in Holmesburg, Pennsylvania.He studied at Stanford University under David Starr Jordan...
, 1928) - Scolecenchelys erythraeensis (Bauchot & Maugé, 1980)
- Scolecenchelys godeffroyi (Regan, 1909) (Godeffroy)
- Scolecenchelys gymnota (BleekerPieter BleekerPieter Bleeker was a Dutch medical doctor and ichthyologist, famous for his work on the fishes of East Asia – Atlas Ichthyologique des Orientales Neerlandaises – which was published 1862–1877....
, 1857) (Indo-Pacific slender worm-eel) - Scolecenchelys japonica (Machida & Ohta, 1993)
- Scolecenchelys laticaudata (J. D. OgilbyJames Douglas OgilbyJames Douglas Ogilby was an Australian ichthyologist.Ogilby was born in Belfast, Ireland, and was the son of zoologist William Ogilby. He received his education at Winchester College, England, and Trinity College, Dublin.Ogilby worked for the British Museum before joining the Australian Museum in...
, 1897) (Redfin worm-eel) - Scolecenchelys macroptera (BleekerPieter BleekerPieter Bleeker was a Dutch medical doctor and ichthyologist, famous for his work on the fishes of East Asia – Atlas Ichthyologique des Orientales Neerlandaises – which was published 1862–1877....
, 1857) (Slender snake-eel) - Scolecenchelys nicholsae (WaiteEdgar Ravenswood WaiteEdgar Ravenswood Waite was a British/Australian ichthyologist, ornithologist and zoologist.Waite was born in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, the second son of John Waite, a bank clerk,...
, 1904) (Nichols' worm-eel) - Scolecenchelys okamurai (Machida & Ohta, 1996)
- Scolecenchelys profundorum (McCosker & Parin, 1995)
- Scolecenchelys puhioilo (McCosker, 1979)
- Scolecenchelys tasmaniensis (McCullochAlan Riverstone McCullochAlan Riverstone McCulloch was a prominent Australian ichthyologist.McCulloch was born in Sydney, and began his scientific career at the age of 13 as an unpaid assistant to Edgar Ravenswood Waite in the Australian Museum there; Waite encouraged McCulloch to study zoology...
, 1911) (Tasmanian worm-eel) - Scolecenchelys vermiformis (W. K. H. PetersWilhelm PetersWilhelm Karl Hartwich Peters was a German naturalist and explorer.He was assistant to Johannes Peter Müller and later curator of the Berlin Zoological Museum. In September 1842 he travelled to Mozambique via Angola. He returned to Berlin with an enormous collection of natural history specimens...
, 1866) - Scolecenchelys xorae (J. L. B. Smith, 1958) (Orangehead worm-eel)