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Scolecenchelys brevicaudata Hibino & Kimura, 2015

Short tail worm eel
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Common names: Short tail worm eel
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Type locality, between Samar and Masbate islands, USNM 134960 (holotype of Scolecenchelys brevicaudata, 31.4 cm TL) (Ref. 104540).
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Hibino, Y. and S. Kimura, 2015
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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);  brevicaudata: Named for its tail length which is relatively shorter than that of its congeners..

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

Marine; benthopelagic; depth range ? - 246 m (Ref. 104540).   Tropical

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