Misaki worm eel

Scolecenchelys aoki

Temperate
Northern Hemisphere
Restricted distribution
Marine fish
Pacific Ocean
East Asia
Anguilliform
Medium
Temperate fish

Scolecenchelys aoki, the Misaki worm eel or Japan earthworm conger, is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by David Starr Jordan and John Otterbein Snyder in 1901, originally under the genus Muraenichthys. It is a marine, temperate water-dwelling eel which is known from reefs in Japan, in the northwestern Pacific Ocean.

Class: Teleosts
Order: True Eels
Family: Ophichthidae
Genus: Scolecenchelys
Maximum length: 46 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Northwest Pacific: restricted to Japanese waters, excluding northern Hokkaido and Ryukyu Archipelago, and southern Korea (Ref. 104540 ).

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