WoRMS taxon details
Scolecenchelys aoki (Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
1010768 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1010768)
accepted
Species
Muraenichthys aoki Jordan & Snyder, 1901 · unaccepted (synonym)
Muraenichthys borealis Machida & Shiogaki, 1990 · unaccepted (synonym)
Muraenichthys japonicus Machida & Ohta, 1993 · unaccepted (synonym)
Muraenichthys okamurai Machida & Ohta, 1996 · unaccepted
Scolecenchelys borealis (Machida & Shiogaki, 1990) · unaccepted
Scolecenchelys japonica (Machida & Ohta, 1993) · unaccepted
Scolecenchelys okamurai (Machida & Ohta, 1996) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Muraenichthys aoki Jordan & Snyder, 1901) Jordan, D. S.; Snyder J. O. (1901). A review of the apodal fishes or eels of Japan, with descriptions of nineteen new species. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 23 (no. 1239): 837-890. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Scolecenchelys aoki (Jordan & Snyder, 1901). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1010768 on 2025-04-06
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Muraenichthys aoki Jordan & Snyder, 1901) Jordan, D. S.; Snyder J. O. (1901). A review of the apodal fishes or eels of Japan, with descriptions of nineteen new species. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 23 (no. 1239): 837-890. [details]
original description (of Muraenichthys borealis Machida & Shiogaki, 1990) Machida, Y.; Shiogaki, M. (1990). A new snake eel, Muraenichthys borealis, from Aomori, northern Japan. <em>Japanese Journal of Ichthyology.</em> 37 (1): 1-5. [details]
original description (of Muraenichthys japonicus Machida & Ohta, 1993) Machida, Y.; Ohta, S. (1993). <i>Muraenichthys japanicus</i>, a new worm eel from the Sea of Japan (Ophichthidae Myrophinae). <em>Jap. J. Ichthyol.</em> 40(3): 323-326. [details]
original description (of Muraenichthys okamurai Machida & Ohta, 1996) Machida, Y.; Ohta, S. (1996). Description of a new worm eel, Muraenichthys okamurai, from western Honshu, Japan (Ophichthidae: Myrophinae). <em>Memoirs of the Faculty of Science, Kochi University (Ser. D) (Biology).</em> 16/17: 77-81. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Muraenichthys borealis Machida & Shiogaki, 1990) Machida, Y.; Shiogaki, M. (1990). A new snake eel, Muraenichthys borealis, from Aomori, northern Japan. <em>Japanese Journal of Ichthyology.</em> 37 (1): 1-5. [details]
original description (of Muraenichthys japonicus Machida & Ohta, 1993) Machida, Y.; Ohta, S. (1993). <i>Muraenichthys japanicus</i>, a new worm eel from the Sea of Japan (Ophichthidae Myrophinae). <em>Jap. J. Ichthyol.</em> 40(3): 323-326. [details]
original description (of Muraenichthys okamurai Machida & Ohta, 1996) Machida, Y.; Ohta, S. (1996). Description of a new worm eel, Muraenichthys okamurai, from western Honshu, Japan (Ophichthidae: Myrophinae). <em>Memoirs of the Faculty of Science, Kochi University (Ser. D) (Biology).</em> 16/17: 77-81. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ミサキウナギニホンミミズアナゴキタノウミヘビオカムラウミヘビ | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Muraenichthys aoki Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Muraenichthys okamurai Machida & Ohta, 1996)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Scolecenchelys borealis (Machida & Shiogaki, 1990))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Scolecenchelys japonica (Machida & Ohta, 1993))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Scolecenchelys okamurai (Machida & Ohta, 1996))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Scolecenchelys aoki)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Scolecenchelys borealis) (from synonym Scolecenchelys borealis (Machida & Shiogaki, 1990))
To FishBase (from synonym Scolecenchelys japonica (Machida & Ohta, 1993))
To FishBase (from synonym Muraenichthys aoki Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
To FishBase (from synonym Scolecenchelys okamurai (Machida & Ohta, 1996))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Muraenichthys japonicus Machida & Ohta, 1993)
To FishBase (from synonym Muraenichthys okamurai Machida & Ohta, 1996)
To FishBase (from synonym Muraenichthys borealis Machida & Shiogaki, 1990)
To FishBase (from synonym Scolecenchelys borealis (Machida & Shiogaki, 1990))
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Muraenichthys borealis Machida & Shiogaki, 1990)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Muraenichthys aoki Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Scolecenchelys borealis (Machida & Shiogaki, 1990))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Muraenichthys okamurai Machida & Ohta, 1996)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Scolecenchelys borealis (Machida & Shiogaki, 1990))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Scolecenchelys japonica (Machida & Ohta, 1993))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Scolecenchelys okamurai (Machida & Ohta, 1996))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Scolecenchelys aoki)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Scolecenchelys borealis) (from synonym Scolecenchelys borealis (Machida & Shiogaki, 1990))
To FishBase (from synonym Scolecenchelys japonica (Machida & Ohta, 1993))
To FishBase (from synonym Muraenichthys aoki Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
To FishBase (from synonym Scolecenchelys okamurai (Machida & Ohta, 1996))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Muraenichthys japonicus Machida & Ohta, 1993)
To FishBase (from synonym Muraenichthys okamurai Machida & Ohta, 1996)
To FishBase (from synonym Muraenichthys borealis Machida & Shiogaki, 1990)
To FishBase (from synonym Scolecenchelys borealis (Machida & Shiogaki, 1990))
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Muraenichthys borealis Machida & Shiogaki, 1990)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Muraenichthys aoki Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Scolecenchelys borealis (Machida & Shiogaki, 1990))
