genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
family
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Scolecenchelys australis
The shortfinned worm eel (''Scolecenchelys australis'', also known commonly as the shortfin worm eel, the worm eel, the southern worm eel, the Down's worm eel, the Iredale's worm eel, or the Scotts worm eel) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (w ...
Scolecenchelys brevicaudata
''Scolecenchelys'' is a genus of eels in the snake eel family Ophichthidae.
Species
There are currently 21 recognized species in this genus:
* '' Scolecenchelys acutirostris'' ( M. C. W. Weber & de Beaufort, 1916) (Sharp-nose worm eel)
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'' Hibino & Kimura, 2015 (Short-tail worm eel) Hibino, Y. & Kimura, S. (2015): Revision of the ''Scolecenchelys gymnota'' species group with descriptions of two new species (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae: Myrophinae). ''Ichthyological Research, 63 (1): 1-22.''
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Scolecenchelys breviceps
The long-finned worm eel or short-headed worm eel, ''Scolecenchelys breviceps'', is a snake eel of the genus ''Scolecenchelys'', found in southern Australia between Rottnest Island and Tasmania, and around New Zealand
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Scolecenchelys chilensis
''Scolecenchelys chilensis'' is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).J. E. McCosker, 1970) (Chilean worm eel)
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Scolecenchelys cookei
''Scolecenchelys cookei'' is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).''S ...
Scolecenchelys fuscapenis
''Scolecenchelys fuscapenis'' is a species of eels in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).McCosker, J.E., Ide, S. & Endo, H. (2012): Three new species of ophichthid eels (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from Japan. ''Bulletin of the Nation ...
'' J. E. McCosker, S. Ide & Endo, 2012 (Black-tailed worm eel) McCosker, J.E., Ide, S. & Endo, H. (2012): Three new species of ophichthid eels (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from Japan. ''Bulletin of the National Museum of Natural Science, Ser. A., Supplement No. 6: 1-16.''
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Scolecenchelys fuscogularis
The Dark throat worm eelHibino, Y. Kai & Kimura, 2013 (Dark-throat worm eel) Hibino, Y., Kai, Y. & Kimura, S. (2013): ''Scolecenchelys fuscogularis'' (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae, Myrophinae), a new worm eel from Japan. ''Ichthyological Research, 60 (1): 43-47.''
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Regan
The family name Regan, along with its cognates O'Regan, O Regan, Reagan, and O'Reagan, is an Anglicized form of the Irish surname Ó Riagáin or Ó Ríogáin, from Ua Riagáin. The meaning is likely to have originated in ancient Gaelic ''ri' ...
, 1909) (Godeffroy worm eel)
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Scolecenchelys gymnota
The Indo-Pacific slender worm-eel (''Scolecenchelys gymnota'', also known as the Slender worm eelBleeker, 1857) (Slender worm eel)
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Scolecenchelys iredalei
''Scolecenchelys'' is a genus of eels in the snake eel family Ophichthidae.
Species
There are currently 21 recognized species in this genus:
* '' Scolecenchelys acutirostris'' ( M. C. W. Weber & de Beaufort, 1916) (Sharp-nose worm eel)
* '' Sc ...
J. L. B. Smith
James Leonard Brierley Smith (26 September 1897 – 8 January 1968) was a South African ichthyologist, organic chemist, and university professor. He was the first to identify a taxidermied fish as a coelacanth, at the time thought to be long ex ...