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Names and sources

Accepted Name Source
Scolecenchelys breviceps (Günther, 1876)
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Published in:Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & Morris, G.B. 1997, "Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB): an upgraded and expanded species coding system for Australian fisheries databases", 15 pp. + appendices
Synonym Source
Muraenichthys macropterus Bleeker, 1857 miscellaneous literature
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Published in:McCosker, J.E. 1970, "A review of the eel genera Leptenchelys and Muraenichthys, with the description of a new genus, Schismorhynchus, and a new species, Muraenichthys chilensis", Pacific Science, vol. 24, no. 4, 506-516 figs 1-6 p508
Muraenichthys ogilbyi Fowler, 1908 synonym
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Published in:Fowler, H.W. 1908, "A collection of fishes from Victoria, Australia", Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, vol. 59, no. 3, 419-444 figs 1-10 p423, fig. 3
Muraenichthys devisi Fowler, 1908 synonym
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Published in:Fowler, H.W. 1908, "A collection of fishes from Victoria, Australia", Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, vol. 59, no. 3, 419-444 figs 1-10 p421, fig. 2
Muraenichthys breviceps Günther, 1876 synonym
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Published in:Günther, A. 1876, "Remarks on fishes, with descriptions of new species in the British Museum, chiefly from southern seas", Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 4, vol. 17, no. 43, 389-402 p401
Common Name Source
Shorthead Worm Eel preferred Australia Australia
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Devis' Worm-Eel Australia Australia
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Long-Finned Worm Eel Australia Australia
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Longfinned Worm Eel Australia Australia
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Ogilby's Worm-Eel Australia Australia
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Short-Headed Worm Eel Australia Australia
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Short-Headed Worm-Eel Australia Australia
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Shorthead Worm Eel Australia Australia
Shortheaded Worm Eel Australia Australia
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Slender Eel Australia Australia
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Name Source
Scolecenchelys breviceps (Günther, 1876) accepted
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Identifier Source
37068004 CAAB Code current
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https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/f8dc0656-e3e7-40ab-a3e8-3690d536ed86 Taxon current
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https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/cee38692-013c-4095-a7a8-704c42fce201 Scientific Name current
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https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/f8dc0656-e3e7-40ab-a3e8-3690d536ed86 Taxon Concept current
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urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:f8dc0656-e3e7-40ab-a3e8-3690d536ed86 Taxon LSID unknown
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http://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/f8dc0656-e3e7-40ab-a3e8-3690d536ed86 Taxon unknown
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Classification

kingdom
ANIMALIA
phylum
CHORDATA
subphylum
VERTEBRATA
informal
Gnathostomata
informal
Pisces
class
ACTINOPTERYGII
unranked
Elopomorpha
order
ANGUILLIFORMES
suborder
CONGROIDEI
family
OPHICHTHIDAE
genus
Scolecenchelys
species
Scolecenchelys breviceps
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