The Indo-Pacific slender worm-eel (Scolecenchelys gymnota, also known as the Slender worm eelCommon names of Scolecenchelys gymnota at www.fishbase.org.) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).Scolecenchelys gymnota at www.fishbase.org. It was described by Pieter Bleeker in 1857.Bleeker, P., 1857 [ref. 356] Achtste bijdrage tot de kennis der vischfauna van Amboina. Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae v. 2 (no. 7): 1-102. It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the Indo-Pacific, including the Red Sea, East Africa, the Line Islands, the Society Islands, Johnston Island, Japan, Rapa Iti, Micronesia, and the southern Great Barrier Reef. It forms burrows in inshore sediments of loose gravel and sand. Males can reach a maximum total length of .
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