The sharpnose worm eelCommon names of Scolecenchelys acutirostris at www.fishbase.org. (Scolecenchelys acutirostris) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).Scolecenchelys acutirostris at www.fishbase.org. It was described by Max Carl Wilhelm Weber and Lieven Ferdinand de Beaufort, originally under the genus Muraenichthys.Weber, M. and L. F. de Beaufort, 1916 [ref. 4604] The fishes of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. III. Ostariophysi: II Cyprinoidea, Apodes, Synbranchi. E. J. Brill, Leiden. v. 3: i-xv + 1-455. It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from Indonesia, in the western Pacific Ocean. It inhabits sandy areas near reefs. Males can reach a maximum total length of .
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