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Narrow worm eel (Scolecenchelys macroptera)
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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.

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