WoRMS taxon details

Scolecenchelys vermiformis (Peters, 1866)

282724  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:282724)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Gnathostomata (Infraphylum)
  6. Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
  7. Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
  8. Actinopteri (Superclass)
  9. Teleostei (Class)
  10. Anguilliformes (Order)
  11. Ophichthidae (Family)
  12. Myrophinae (Subfamily)
  13. Scolecenchelys (Genus)
  14. Scolecenchelys vermiformis (Species)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Chilorhinus vermiformis Peters, 1866) Peters, W. (C. H.). (1866). Mittheilung über Fische (Protopterus, Auliscops, Labrax, Labracoglossa, Nematocentris, Serranus, Scorpis, Opisthognathus, Scombresox, Acharnes, Anguilla, Gymnomuraena, Chilorhinus, Ophichthys, Helmichthys). <em>Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1866.</em> : 509-526, 1 pl. [details] 
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Scolecenchelys vermiformis (Peters, 1866). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=282724 on 2025-04-16
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2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
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Bailly, Nicolas

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Nomenclature

original description (of Chilorhinus vermiformis Peters, 1866) Peters, W. (C. H.). (1866). Mittheilung über Fische (Protopterus, Auliscops, Labrax, Labracoglossa, Nematocentris, Serranus, Scorpis, Opisthognathus, Scombresox, Acharnes, Anguilla, Gymnomuraena, Chilorhinus, Ophichthys, Helmichthys). <em>Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1866.</em> : 509-526, 1 pl. [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] OpenAccess publication

Other

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
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To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Chilorhinus vermiformis Peters, 1866)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Muraenichthys vermiformis Peters, 1866)
To FishBase 
To FishBase (from synonym Chilorhinus vermiformis Peters, 1866)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient) 
To ITIS

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