Taiwanese worm eel

Taiwanese worm eel
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Ophichthidae
Subfamily: Myrophinae
Genus: Sympenchelys
Hibino, H. C. Ho & Kimura, 2015
Species:
S. taiwanensis
Binomial name
Sympenchelys taiwanensis
Hibino, H. C. Ho & Kimura, 2015

The Taiwanese worm eel (Sympenchelys taiwanensis) is a species of ophichthid fish found in Taiwan. This species is only known from northeastern and southwestern Taiwan. This species is the only member of the genus Sympenchelys.

References

  1. 1 2 Hibino, Y.; Ho, H.-C. & Kimura, S. (2015). "A new genus and species of worm eels, Sympenchelys taiwanensis (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae: Myrophinae), from the northwestern Pacific Ocean" (PDF). Zootaxa. 4060 (1): 41–48. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4060.1.6. PMID 26701588.