Nichols's worm eel[2] (Scolecenchelys nicholsae) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[3] It was described by Edgar Ravenswood Waite in 1904, originally under the genus Muraenichthys.[4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Ophichthidae |
| Genus: | Scolecenchelys |
| Species: | S. nicholsae
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| Binomial name | |
| Scolecenchelys nicholsae (Waite, 1904)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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It is a marine, subtropical eel which is known from Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island, in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It is known to dwell at a depth of 25 metres (82 ft).[3]
References
edit- ^ Synonyms of Scolecenchelys nicholsae at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Common names for Scolecenchelys nicholsae at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ a b Scolecenchelys nicholsae at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Waite, E. R., 1904 (11 Mar.) [ref. 4561] Additions to the fish fauna of Lord Howe Island, No. 4. Records of the Australian Museum v. 5 (no. 3): 135-186, Pls. 17-24.
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