Scolecenchelys aoki, the Misaki worm eel or Japan earthworm conger,Common names of Scolecenchelys aoki at www.fishbase.org. is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).Scolecenchelys aoki at www.fishbase.org. It was described by David Starr Jordan and John Otterbein Snyder in 1901, originally under the genus Muraenichthys.Jordan, D. S., and J. O. Snyder, 1901 (28 Aug.) [ref. 2508] A review of the apodal fishes or eels of Japan, with descriptions of nineteen new species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 23 (no. 1239): 837-890. It is a marine, temperate water-dwelling eel which is known from reefs in Japan, in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. Males can reach a maximum total length of .
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