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Scolecenchelys breviceps (Günther, 1876)

Short-headed worm eel
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Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Scolecenchelys breviceps   AquaMaps   Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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New Zealand country information

Common names: Big-eyed worm eel, Longfinned worm eel
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Voucher specimen(s) held at the NMNZ. Also Ref. 56888.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/nz.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.fish.govt.nz/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Paulin, C., A. Stewart, C. Roberts and P. McMillan, 1989
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Big-eyed worm eel, Longfinned worm eel, Shorthead worm eel, ... more

Classificação / Names Nomes comuns | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Espécies) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

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

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


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