Neenchelys cheni is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[2] It was described by Johnson T. F. Chen and Herman Ting-Chen Weng in 1967, originally under the genus Myrophis.[3][1] It is a marine, temperate water-dwelling eel which is known from Taiwan, in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. Males can reach a maximum standard length of 35 centimetres (14 in).[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Ophichthidae |
| Genus: | Neenchelys |
| Species: | N. cheni
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| Binomial name | |
| Neenchelys cheni (J. S. T. F. Chen & T. C. Weng, 1967)
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| Synonyms | |
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Myrophis cheni Chen & Weng, 1967 | |
The species epithet "cheni" refers to Tung-Pai Chen.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b Ho, H.-C.; McCosker, J.E.; Smith, D.G. (2015). "Renaming of three recently described eels of the genus Neenchelys (Teleostei: Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from the western Pacific" (PDF). Zootaxa. 4060 (1): 49–51. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4060.1.7. PMID 26701589.
- ^ a b c Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Neenchelys cheni". FishBase. April 2015 version.
- ^ Chen, J.T.F. & Weng, H.T.C. (1967): A review of the Apodal fishes of Taiwan. Biological Bulletin Tunghai University Ichthyology Series, Number 6 No. 32: 1-86.
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