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McCosker's Worm Eel
Neenchelys mccoskeri
McCosker's worm eel (Neenchelys mccoskeri) is a species of fish in the worm eel family Ophichthidae. It was first described by Yusuke Hibino, Ho Hsuan-Ching, and Seishi Kimura in 2012. It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the northwestern Pacific Ocean, including Taiwan and Japan. It dwells at a depth range of 100 to 400 metres (330 to 1,310 ft), and leads a benthic lifestyle; it is collected by bottom trawlers. Males can reach a maximum total length of 52.2 centimetres (20.6 in).
From the article McCosker's worm eel on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
In human culture
The species epithet "mccoskeri" was given in honour of American ichthyologist John E. McCosker.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Etymology”
Where it lives
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 618524.