Redfin worm-eel

Redfin worm-eel
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Ophichthidae
Genus:	Scolecenchelys
Species:	S. laticaudata
Binomial name
	Scolecenchelys laticaudata; (Ogilby, 1897)
Synonyms
	Myropterura laticaudata Ogilby, 1897; Muraenichthys laticaudata (Ogilby, 1897); Muraenichthys laticaudatus (Ogilby, 1897);

The Redfin worm-eel (Scolecenchelys laticaudata, also known as the Pearlbelly snake-eel^[1]) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).^[2] It was described by James Douglas Ogilby in 1897, originally under the genus Myropterura.^[3] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the Indo-Pacific and southeastern Atlantic Ocean, including the Red Sea, East and South Africa, Ducie Island, and Lord Howe Island. It dwells at a depth range of 1 to 26 metres (3.3 to 85.3 ft), and inhabits lagoons and reefs, forming colonies in sand sediments in confined areas. Males can reach a maximum total length of 35 centimetres (14 in).^[2]

References

^ Common names of Scolecenchelys laticaudata at www.fishbase.org.
^ ^a ^b Scolecenchelys laticaudata at www.fishbase.org.
^ Ogilby, J. D., 1897 (25 Oct.) [ref. 3273] Some new genera and species of fishes. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 22 (pt 2): 245-251.

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[1] Common names of Scolecenchelys laticaudata at www.fishbase.org.

[Fishbase-2] Scolecenchelys laticaudata at www.fishbase.org.

[Ogilby,_1897-3] Ogilby, J. D., 1897 (25 Oct.) [ref. 3273] Some new genera and species of fishes. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 22 (pt 2): 245-251.

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