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Names and sources

Accepted Name Source
Scolecenchelys breviceps (Günther, 1876)
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
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 breviceps Günther, 1876 synonym
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
Muraenichthys devisi Fowler, 1908 synonym
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 ogilbyi Fowler, 1908 synonym
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
Common Name Source
Shorthead Worm Eel standard Australia
Shorthead Worm Eel preferred Australia
Devis' Worm-Eel Australia
Long-Finned Worm Eel Australia
Longfinned Worm Eel Australia
Ogilby's Worm-Eel Australia
Short-Headed Worm Eel Australia
Short-Headed Worm Eel Australia
Short-Headed Worm-Eel Australia
Shortheaded Worm Eel Australia
Slender Eel Australia
Name Source
Scolecenchelys breviceps (Günther, 1876) accepted
Scolecenchelys breviceps (Günther, 1876) accepted

Bare scientific name reallocated to Scolecenchelys breviceps (Günther, 1876) by taxonomy builder
Scolecenchelys breviceps ( Gunther , 1876) accepted
Identifier Source
37068004 Taxon Concept current
37068004 Taxon current
http://data.nzor.org.nz/names/dd096e85-11ca-445b-9b9b-8ae03c4cfcf0 Scientific Name current
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/f8dc0656-e3e7-40ab-a3e8-3690d536ed86 Taxon current
urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:f8dc0656-e3e7-40ab-a3e8-3690d536ed86 Taxon LSID unknown
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/f8dc0656-e3e7-40ab-a3e8-3690d536ed86 Taxon Concept current
NZOR-6-64116 Taxon current
http://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/f8dc0656-e3e7-40ab-a3e8-3690d536ed86 Taxon unknown
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/cee38692-013c-4095-a7a8-704c42fce201 Scientific Name current

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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