Marine Species Traits - Scolecenchelys Ogilby, 1897

WoRMS taxon details

Scolecenchelys Ogilby, 1897

AphiaID

270846 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:270846)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Myrophinae Kaup, 1856

Synonymised names

Aotea Phillipps, 1926 · unaccepted

Myropterura Ogilby, 1897 · unaccepted

Direct children (29)

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Species Scolecenchelys acutirostris (Weber & de Beaufort, 1916)
Species Scolecenchelys aoki (Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
Species Scolecenchelys australis (MacLeay, 1881)
Species Scolecenchelys brevicaudata Hibino & Kimura, 2015
Species Scolecenchelys breviceps (Günther, 1876)
Species Scolecenchelys castlei McCosker, 2006
Species Scolecenchelys chilensis (McCosker, 1970)
Species Scolecenchelys cookei (Fowler, 1928)
Species Scolecenchelys fuscapenis McCosker, Ide & Endo, 2012
Species Scolecenchelys fuscogularis Hibino, Kai & Kimura, 2013
Species Scolecenchelys godeffroyi (Regan, 1909)
Species Scolecenchelys gymnota (Bleeker, 1857)
Species Scolecenchelys iredalei (Whitley, 1927)
Species Scolecenchelys laticaudata (Ogilby, 1897)
Species Scolecenchelys macroptera (Bleeker, 1857)
Species Scolecenchelys nicholsarum (Waite, 1904)
Species Scolecenchelys profundorum (McCosker & Parin, 1995)
Species Scolecenchelys puhioilo (McCosker, 1979)
Species Scolecenchelys robusta Hibino & Kimura, 2015
Species Scolecenchelys vermiformis (Peters, 1866)
Species Scolecenchelys xorae (Smith, 1958)
Species Scolecenchelys borealis (Machida & Shiogaki, 1990) accepted as Scolecenchelys aoki (Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
Species Scolecenchelys erythraeensis (Bauchot & Maugé, 1980) accepted as Scolecenchelys iredalei (Whitley, 1927)
Species Scolecenchelys gymnotus (Bleeker, 1857) accepted as Scolecenchelys gymnota (Bleeker, 1857)
Species Scolecenchelys japonica (Machida & Ohta, 1993) accepted as Scolecenchelys aoki (Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
Species Scolecenchelys nicholsae (Waite, 1904) accepted as Scolecenchelys nicholsarum (Waite, 1904) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
Species Scolecenchelys ogilbyi Fowler, 1907 accepted as Scolecenchelys breviceps (Günther, 1876) (synonym)
Species Scolecenchelys okamurai (Machida & Ohta, 1996) accepted as Scolecenchelys aoki (Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
Species Scolecenchelys tasmaniensis (McCulloch, 1911) accepted as Scolecenchelys australis (MacLeay, 1881)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Scolecenchelys Ogilby, 1897. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=270846 on 2025-06-07

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-15 10:18:16Z

created

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Myropterura Ogilby, 1897) Ogilby, J. D. (1897). Some new genera and species of fishes. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. v. 22 (pt 2): 245-251. [details]

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

Other

context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. 2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao. 314 p. [details]