Scolecenchelys cookei is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[2] It was described by Henry Weed Fowler in 1928, originally under the genus Muraenichthys.[3] It is a marine, temperate water-dwelling eel which is known from Hawaii, in the eastern central Pacific Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 3 to 5 metres (9.8 to 16.4 ft), and inhabits pockets of sand in coral reefs. Males can reach a maximum total length of 15.5 centimetres (6.1 in).[2]

Scolecenchelys cookei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Ophichthidae
Genus: Scolecenchelys
Species:
S. cookei
Binomial name
Scolecenchelys cookei
(Fowler, 1928)
Synonyms[1]
  • Muraenichthys cookei Fowler, 1928

References

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  1. ^ Synonyms of Scolecenchelys cookei at www.fishbase.org.
  2. ^ a b Scolecenchelys cookei at www.fishbase.org.
  3. ^ Fowler, H. W., 1928 [ref. 5596] The fishes of Oceania. Memoirs of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum. No. 10: i-iii + 1-540, Pls. 1-49.