WoRMS taxon details
Neenchelys cheni (Chen & Weng, 1967)
1012186 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1012186)
accepted
Species
Myrophis cheni Chen & Weng, 1967 · unaccepted
Neenchelys retropinna Smith & Böhlke, 1983 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Myrophis cheni Chen & Weng, 1967) Chen, J. T. F.; Weng, H. T. C. (1967). A review of the Apodal fishes of Taiwan. <em>Biological Bulletin Tunghai University Ichthyology Series Number 6.</em> No. 6 (art. 32): 135-220 [1-86]. [Also appeared as a separate, pp. 1-86.]. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Neenchelys cheni (Chen & Weng, 1967). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1012186 on 2026-10-17
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Myrophis cheni Chen & Weng, 1967) Chen, J. T. F.; Weng, H. T. C. (1967). A review of the Apodal fishes of Taiwan. <em>Biological Bulletin Tunghai University Ichthyology Series Number 6.</em> No. 6 (art. 32): 135-220 [1-86]. [Also appeared as a separate, pp. 1-86.]. [details]
original description (of Neenchelys retropinna Smith & Böhlke, 1983) Smith, D. G.; Böhlke, J. E. (1983). Neenchelys retropinna: a new worm eel (Pisces: Ophichthidae) from the Indian Ocean. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 135: 80-84. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Neenchelys retropinna Smith & Böhlke, 1983) Smith, D. G.; Böhlke, J. E. (1983). Neenchelys retropinna: a new worm eel (Pisces: Ophichthidae) from the Indian Ocean. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 135: 80-84. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Myrophis cheni Chen & Weng, 1967)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Neenchelys retropinna Smith & Böhlke, 1983)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Neenchelys cheni)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Myrophis cheni Chen & Weng, 1967)
To FishBase (from synonym Neenchelys retropinna Smith & Böhlke, 1983)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Myrophis cheni Chen & Weng, 1967)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) (from synonym Neenchelys retropinna Smith & Böhlke, 1983)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Neenchelys retropinna Smith & Böhlke, 1983)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Neenchelys cheni)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Myrophis cheni Chen & Weng, 1967)
To FishBase (from synonym Neenchelys retropinna Smith & Böhlke, 1983)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Myrophis cheni Chen & Weng, 1967)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) (from synonym Neenchelys retropinna Smith & Böhlke, 1983)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
