Neenchelys

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Congroidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Elopocephalai Supercohors: Elopocephala Cohors/Superordo: Elopomorpha Ordo: Anguilliformes Subordo: Congroidei

Familia: Ophichthidae
Subfamilia: Myrophinae
Genus: Neenchelys
Species: ;
N. andamanensis – Hibino, Satapoomin & Kimura, 2015;
N. buitendijki – Weber and de Beaufort, 1916;
N. cheni – (Chen & Weng, 1967);
N. daedalus – McCosker, 1982;
N. diaphora – Ho, McCosker & Smith, 2015;
N. gracilis – Ho & Loh, 2015;
N. mccoskeri – Hibino, Ho & Kimura, 2012;
N. microtretus – Bamber, 1915;
N. nudiceps – Tashiro, Hibino & Imamura, 2015;
N. parvipectoralis – Chu, Wu & Jin, 1981;
N. pelagica – Ho, McCosker & Smith, 2015;
N. similis – Ho, McCosker & Smith, 2015;

In synonymy:
N. retropinna – Smith & Böhlke, 1983;

Name

• Neenchelys Bamber, 1915: 479 & Pl. 46 fig. 3
  • Gender: feminine
  • Type species: Neenchelys microtretus Bamber, 1915
    • Typification: monotypy

• Diagnosis. Ophichthid eels, subfamily Myrophinae, tribe Myrophini (sensu McCosker 1977) with the following characteristics: body robust to extremely elongate, cylindrical anteriorly, and somewhat laterally compressed posteriorly; head and trunk shorter than tail; dorsal fin origin variable, from anterior trunk region to slightly behind level of anus; pectoral fin variable in size, from minute to moderately developed; snout broad, tumid, overhanging lower jaw; lips without barbels; anterior nostril tubular, posterior nostril an elongate slit in upper lip beneath lower margin of orbit; gill opening round and constricted; cephalic pores developed, one or two preopercular pores (usually two, except for N. parvipectoralis); teeth small, conical, mostly uniserial on jaws and vomer; coloration uniform although slightly darker dorsally, median fins often black-edged posteriorly.

References

• Bamber, R.C. 1915. Reports on the marine biology of the Sudanese Red Sea, from collections made by Cyril Crossland, M.A., D.Sc., F.L.S. XXII. The Fishes. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 31(210): 477–485. BHL DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1915.tb00694.x Reference page. 
• Hibino, Y., Satapoomin, U. & Kimura, S. 2015. A new species of Neenchelys (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae: Myrophinae) from the eastern Indian Ocean. Zootaxa 4060(1): 56–61. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4060.1.9. Preview (PDF) Full article (PDF) Reference page. 
• Ho, H-C., Hibino, Y. & Huang, J-F. 2018. Note on rare snake eels (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) and additional data on three Neenchelys recently described from Taiwan. Pp 200–214 In Ho, H-C., Holleman, W., Hilton, E.J., Smith, D.G. & McCosker, J.E. (eds.), Systematics and biodiversity of eels (orders Anguilliformes and Saccopharyngiformes) of Taiwan (II). Zootaxa, 4454(1): 1–237. Reference page.  Zootaxa 4454(1): 200–214. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4454.1.16 PDF Reference page. 
• Ho, H-C. & Loh, K-H. 2015. A new species of the worm-eel genus Neenchelys (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from southern Taiwan. Zootaxa 4060(1): 52–55. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4060.1.8. Preview (PDF) Full article (PDF) Reference page. 
• Ho, H.-C.; McCosker, J.E.; Smith, D.G. 2013: Revision of the worm eel genus Neenchelys (Ophichthidae: Myrophinae), with descriptions of three new species from the western Pacific Ocean. Zoological studies 52: 58. DOI: 10.1186/1810-522X-52-58 Reference page. 

Links

• ION
• Nomenclator Zoologicus
• Neenchelys species list in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024. [species list needs updating]
• Neenchelys and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• ITIS [species list needs updating]