Neenchelys_cheni

<i>Neenchelys cheni</i>

Neenchelys cheni

Species of fish

Neenchelys cheni is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[2] It was described by Johnson T. F. Chen and Herman Ting-Chen Weng in 1967, originally under the genus Myrophis.[3][1] It is a marine, temperate water-dwelling eel which is known from Taiwan, in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. Males can reach a maximum standard length of 35 centimetres (14 in).[2]

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The species epithet "cheni" refers to Tung-Pai Chen.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    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.
  2. [2]
    Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Neenchelys cheni" in FishBase. April 2015 version.
  3. [3]
    Chen, J.T.F. & Weng, H.T.C. (1967): A review of the Apodal fishes of Taiwan. Biological Bulletin Tunghai University Ichthyology Series, Number 6 No. 32: 1-86.


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