Fintail serpent eel [SEP] parent taxon
Fintail serpent eel
The fintail serpent eel (Neenchelys buitendijki, also known commonly as the spotted worm-eel in India) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by Max Carl Wilhelm Weber and Lieven Ferdinand de Beaufort in 1916. It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the Indian Ocean, including Pakistan, India, Indonesia, and Vietnam. It inhabits burrows in soft sediments, and leads a nocturnal lifestyle. Males can reach a maximum total length of
goby
- Mackerel shark
- Northern trout gudgeon
- Pike eel
- Salmon shark
- Salmon smooth-head
- Shark mackerel
- Trout barb
- Trout cod
- Trout-perch
- Trout sweetlips
- Wrasse bass
Named after reptiles and amphibians.
The following fish have common names that are based on the names of reptiles and amphibians:
- Alligatorfish
- Crocodile icefish
- Crocodile shark
- Crocodile toothfish
- Fintail serpent eel
- Frogfish
- Lizardfish