Taiwanese worm eel
Species of fish
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The Taiwanese worm eel (Sympenchelys taiwanensis) is a species of ophichthid fish found in Taiwan. This species is only known from northeastern and southwestern Taiwan. This species is the only member of the genus Sympenchelys.[1]
| Taiwanese worm eel | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Ophichthidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrophinae |
| Genus: | Sympenchelys Hibino, H. C. Ho & Kimura, 2015 [1] |
| Species: | S. taiwanensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Sympenchelys taiwanensis Hibino, H. C. Ho & Kimura, 2015 | |
