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Scolecenchelys australis (Macleay, 1881)

Shortfinned worm eel
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Common names: Down's worm eel, Iredale's worm eel, Scotts worm eel
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Type localities: Lane Cove River, near Sydney, New South Wales, AM I.16266-001 (holotype of Muraenichthys australis); off Prime Seal Island, Furneaux Group, Bass Strait, QVM 1979/5/58 (holotype of Muraenichthys lingowenah); Eddysone Point, east coast, Tasmania, QVM 1979/5/68 (holotype of Muraenichthys lengomena) (Ref. 75154). Reported from Lord Howe Is. (Ref. 8879).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/as.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.csiro.au/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Hoese, D.F., D.J. Bray, J.R. Paxton and G.R. Allen, 2006
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Common names from other countries

Shortfin worm eel, Tasmanian worm eel, 澳洲虫鳗, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Anguilliformes (Eels and morays) > Ophichthidae (Snake eels) > Myrophinae
Etymology: Scolecenchelys: Greek, skolex = worm (1855) + Greek, enchlys, -yos = eel (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Macleay.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; demersal; depth range 0 - 50 m (Ref. 104540).   Temperate

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