Nichols's worm eelCommon names for Scolecenchelys nicholsae at www.fishbase.org. (Scolecenchelys nicholsae) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).Scolecenchelys nicholsae at www.fishbase.org. It was described by Edgar Ravenswood Waite in 1904, originally under the genus Muraenichthys.Waite, E. R., 1904 (11 Mar.) [ref. 4561] Additions to the fish fauna of Lord Howe Island, No. 4. Records of the Australian Museum v. 5 (no. 3): 135-186, Pls. 17-24.
It is a marine, subtropical eel which is known from Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island, in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It is known to dwell at a depth of .
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