Chen's worm eel

Neenchelys cheni

Thirty Five Centimeters Eel from Taiwanese Waters

Tropical
Transcontinental
Marine fish
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
East Asia
Oceania
Southeast Asia
West Asia
Medium
Tropical fish

Neenchelys cheni is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by Johnson T. F. Chen and Herman Ting-Chen Weng in 1967, originally under the genus Myrophis. It is a marine, temperate water-dwelling eel which is known from Taiwan, in the northwestern Pacific Ocean.

Class: Teleosts
Order: True Eels
Family: Ophichthidae
Genus: Neenchelys
Maximum length: 35 cm
Water: Marine
Distribution: Indo-Pacific: Gulf of Oman; Taiwan, Vietnam and Australia.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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