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Worm Eels
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Worm Eels

Myrophinae

Myrophinae, the worm eels, is a subfamily of ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Ophichthidae, which also includes the snake eels in the subfamily Ophichthinae.

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15 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first · about 70 known species

Scolecenchelys

genusScolecenchelys

Myrophis

genusMyrophis

Ahlia

genusAhlia

Muraenichthys

genusMuraenichthys

Neenchelys

genusNeenchelys

Mixomyrophis

genusMixomyrophis

Asarcenchelys

genusAsarcenchelys

Glenoglossa

genusGlenoglossa

Schismorhynchus

genusSchismorhynchus

Schultzidia

genusSchultzidia

Skythrenchelys

genusSkythrenchelys

Pylorobranchus

genusPylorobranchus

Sympenchelys

genusSympenchelys

Benthenchelys

genusBenthenchelys

Pseudomyrophis

genusPseudomyrophis

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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 788545.