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Chilean worm eel (Scolecenchelys chilensis)
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Ecological Illustration of Chilean worm eel (Scolecenchelys chilensis)
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Ophichthidae

Chilean worm eel

Scolecenchelys chilensis

Twenty Eight Point Four Centimeters Eel of the Pacific Ocean

  • Tropical
  • Southern Hemisphere
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Anguilliform
  • Medium
  • Tropical fish

Chilean worm eel is known from Southeast Pacific as a marine fish. It occurs in marine waters.

Class
Teleosts
Order
True Eels
Family
Ophichthidae
Genus
Scolecenchelys
Water type
Marine
Body shape
anguilliform
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