WoRMS taxon details
Scolecenchelys Ogilby, 1897
Aotea Phillipps, 1926 · unaccepted
Myropterura Ogilby, 1897 · unaccepted
- Species Scolecenchelys acutirostris (Weber & de Beaufort, 1916)
- Species Scolecenchelys aoki (Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
- Species Scolecenchelys australis (MacLeay, 1881)
- Species Scolecenchelys brevicaudata Hibino & Kimura, 2015
- Species Scolecenchelys breviceps (Günther, 1876)
- Species Scolecenchelys castlei McCosker, 2006
- Species Scolecenchelys chilensis (McCosker, 1970)
- Species Scolecenchelys cookei (Fowler, 1928)
- Species Scolecenchelys fuscapenis McCosker, Ide & Endo, 2012
- Species Scolecenchelys fuscogularis Hibino, Kai & Kimura, 2013
- Species Scolecenchelys godeffroyi (Regan, 1909)
- Species Scolecenchelys gymnota (Bleeker, 1857)
- Species Scolecenchelys iredalei (Whitley, 1927)
- Species Scolecenchelys laticaudata (Ogilby, 1897)
- Species Scolecenchelys macroptera (Bleeker, 1857)
- Species Scolecenchelys nicholsarum (Waite, 1904)
- Species Scolecenchelys profundorum (McCosker & Parin, 1995)
- Species Scolecenchelys puhioilo (McCosker, 1979)
- Species Scolecenchelys robusta Hibino & Kimura, 2015
- Species Scolecenchelys vermiformis (Peters, 1866)
- Species Scolecenchelys xorae (Smith, 1958)
- Species Scolecenchelys borealis (Machida & Shiogaki, 1990) accepted as Scolecenchelys aoki (Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
- Species Scolecenchelys erythraeensis (Bauchot & Maugé, 1980) accepted as Scolecenchelys iredalei (Whitley, 1927)
- Species Scolecenchelys gymnotus (Bleeker, 1857) accepted as Scolecenchelys gymnota (Bleeker, 1857)
- Species Scolecenchelys japonica (Machida & Ohta, 1993) accepted as Scolecenchelys aoki (Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
- Species Scolecenchelys nicholsae (Waite, 1904) accepted as Scolecenchelys nicholsarum (Waite, 1904) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Species Scolecenchelys ogilbyi Fowler, 1907 accepted as Scolecenchelys breviceps (Günther, 1876) (synonym)
- Species Scolecenchelys okamurai (Machida & Ohta, 1996) accepted as Scolecenchelys aoki (Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
- Species Scolecenchelys tasmaniensis (McCulloch, 1911) accepted as Scolecenchelys australis (MacLeay, 1881)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Scolecenchelys Ogilby, 1897. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=270846 on 2025-04-17
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Myropterura Ogilby, 1897) Ogilby, J. D. (1897). Some new genera and species of fishes. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> v. 22 (pt 2): 245-251. [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
Other
context source (PeRMS)
Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ミミズアナゴ属 | [details] |
