Kingdom Animalia Class Actinopterygii Family Ophichthidae Rank Species | Phylum Chordata Order Anguilliformes Genus Scolecenchelys | |
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The Nichols' worm eel (Scolecenchelys nicholsae) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by Edgar Ravenswood Waite in 1904, originally under the genus Muraenichthys.
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).
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