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Narrow worm eel (Scolecenchelys macroptera)
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Narrow worm eel (Scolecenchelys macroptera) specimen
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Ophichthidae

Narrow worm eel

Scolecenchelys macroptera

Twenty Seven Point Five Centimeters Eel of Indo Pacific

  • Tropical
  • Transcontinental
  • Marine fish
  • Indian Ocean
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Africa
  • Anguilliform
  • Medium
  • Tropical fish

Narrow worm eel is a marine fish of Indo-Pacific. The species occupies coastal waters. Records give a maximum length of 27.5 cm.

Maximum length
27.5 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
anguilliform
Distribution
Indo-Pacific: East Africa to the Society Islands, north to the Ryukyu Islands, south to the southern Great Barrier Reef.
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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