Neenchelys is a genus of snake eels native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. All species of Neenchelys have two rather than three preopercular pores (except for N. parvipectoralis which usually has one), a significant character among many species of ophichthids (McCosker 1977).
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Ophichthidae |
| Genus: | Neenchelys Bamber, 1915 |
| Type species | |
| Neenchelys microtretus Bamber, 1915
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Species edit
There are currently 12 recognized species in this genus:
- Neenchelys andamanensis Hibino, Satapoomin & Kimura, 2015 (Andaman worm eel)[1]
- Neenchelys buitendijki M. C. W. Weber & de Beaufort, 1916 (Fin-tail worm eel)
- Neenchelys cheni (J. S. T. F. Chen & H. T. C. Weng, 1967) (Chen's worm eel)[2]
- Neenchelys daedalus J. E. McCosker, 1982 (New Guinea worm eel)
- Neenchelys diaphora H. C. Ho, J. E. McCosker & D. G. Smith, 2015 (Long-fin worm eel)[2]
- Neenchelys gracilis H. C. Ho & K. H. Loh, 2015 (Fringe-nose worm eel)[3]
- Neenchelys mccoskeri Hibino, H. C. Ho & Kimura, 2012 (McCosker's worm eel)[4]
- Neenchelys microtretus Bamber, 1915 (Small-fin worm eel)
- Neenchelys nudiceps Tashiro, Hibino & Imamura, 2015 (Indonesian deep-sea worm eel)[5]
- Neenchelys parvipectoralis Y. T. Chu, H. L. Wu & X. B. Jin, 1981 (Mini-fin worm eel) [2]
- Neenchelys pelagica H. C. Ho, J. E. McCosker & D. G. Smith, 2015 (Pelagic worm eel)[2]
- Neenchelys similis H. C. Ho, J. E. McCosker & D. G. Smith, 2015 (Slender worm eel).[2]
References edit
- ^ Hibino, Y.; Satapoomin, U.; Kimura, S. (2015). "A new species of Neenchelys (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae: Myrophinae) from the eastern Indian Ocean" (PDF). Zootaxa. 4060 (1): 56–61. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4060.1.9. PMID 26701591.
- ^ a b c d e 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.
- ^ Ho, H.-C.; Loh, K.-H. (2015). "A new species of the worm-eel genus Neenchelys (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from southern Taiwan" (PDF). Zootaxa. 4060 (1): 52–55. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4060.1.8. PMID 26701590.
- ^ Hibino, Y., Ho, H.-C. & Kimura, S. (2012): A new worm eel Neenchelys mccoskeri (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from Taiwan and Japan. Ichthyological Research, 59 (4): 342-346.
- ^ Tashiro, F., Hibino, Y. & Imamura, H. (2015): Description of a new species of the genus Neenchelys (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae, Myrophinae) from the eastern Indian Ocean, with comments on the availability of three congeners. Ichthyological Research, 63 (1): 53-58.
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