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Scolecenchelys laticaudata (Ogilby, 1897)

Redfin worm-eel
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Mauritius country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Museum: Baie de la Petite Rivière, Albion, USNM 342240, 342241, 342242. Passe de l'Ambulante, off Le Morne, outside lagoon, USNM 342243. Tidal pools at Bel Air, USNM 342244. SMNS 16880 (Ref. 33390).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/mp.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://ncb.intnet.mu/fishco/index.htm
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Fricke, R., 1999
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Anguilliformes (Eels and morays) > Ophichthidae (Snake eels) > Myrophinae
Etymology: Scolecenchelys: Greek, skolex = worm (1855) + Greek, enchlys, -yos = eel (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Ogilby.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 1 - 26 m (Ref. 1602).   Tropical; 16°N - 33°S

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