Slender snake eel
Appearance
Slender snake eel | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Ophichthidae |
Genus: | Scolecenchelys |
Species: | S. macroptera
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Binomial name | |
Scolecenchelys macroptera (Bleeker, 1857)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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The slender snake eel (Scolecenchelys macroptera, also known as the narrow 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 East Africa, the Society Islands, the Ryukyu Islands, and the Great Barrier Reef. It dwells at a depth range of 30 to 33 metres (98 to 108 ft), and inhabits sand sediments, tidepools and swamps in mangroves. Males can reach a maximum total length of 25 centimetres (9.8 in).[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Synonyms of Scolecenchelys macroptera at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Common names of Scolecenchelys macroptera at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ a b Scolecenchelys macroptera 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.