The slender snake eel (Scolecenchelys macroptera, also known as the narrow worm eelCommon names of Scolecenchelys macroptera at www.fishbase.org.) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).Scolecenchelys macroptera 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 East Africa, the Society Islands, the Ryukyu Islands, and the Great Barrier Reef. It dwells at a depth range of , and inhabits sand sediments, tidepools and swamps in mangroves. Males can reach a maximum total length of .
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