Neenchelys

Neenchelys
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Ophichthidae
Subfamily:	Myrophinae
Genus:	Neenchelys Bamber, 1915
Type species
Neenchelys microtretus Bamber, 1915

Neenchelys is a genus of snake eels native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.

Species

There are currently 12 recognized species in this genus:

• Neenchelys andamanensis Hibino, Satapoomin & Kimura, 2015 (Andaman worm eel) ^[1]
• Neenchelys buitendijki M. C. W. Weber & de Beaufort, 1916 (Fin-tail worm eel)
• Neenchelys cheni (J. S. T. F. Chen & H. T. C. Weng, 1967) (Chen's worm eel) ^[2]
• Neenchelys daedalus J. E. McCosker, 1982 (New Guinea worm eel)
• Neenchelys diaphora H. C. Ho, J. E. McCosker & D. G. Smith, 2015 (Long-fin worm eel) ^[3]
• Neenchelys gracilis H. C. Ho & K. H. Loh, 2015 (Fringe-nose worm eel) ^[4]
• Neenchelys mccoskeri Hibino, H. C. Ho & Kimura, 2012 (McCosker's worm eel) ^[5]
• Neenchelys microtretus Bamber, 1915 (Small-fin worm eel)
• Neenchelys nudiceps Tashiro, Hibino & Imamura, 2015 (Indonesian deep-sea worm eel) ^[6]
• Neenchelys parvipectoralis Y. T. Chu, H. L. Wu & X. B. Jin, 1981 (Mini-fin worm eel) ^[2]
• Neenchelys pelagica H. C. Ho, J. E. McCosker & D. G. Smith, 2015 (Pelagic worm eel) ^[3]
• Neenchelys similis H. C. Ho, J. E. McCosker & D. G. Smith, 2015 (Slender worm eel) ^[3]

References

1. Hibino, Y., Satapoomin, U. & Kimura, S. (2015). "A new species of Neenchelys (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae: Myrophinae) from the eastern Indian Ocean" (PDF). Zootaxa, 4060 (1): 56–61.
2. Ho, H.-C., McCosker, J.E. & Smith, D.G. (2015): Revision of the worm eel genus Neenchelys (Ophichthidae: Myrophinae), with descriptions of three new species from the western Pacific Ocean. Zoological Studies, 52 (58): 1-20.
3. Ho, H.-C., McCosker, J.E. & Smith, D.G. (2015). "Renaming of three recently described eels of the genus Neenchelys (Teleostei: Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from the western Pacific" (PDF). Zootaxa, 4060 (1): 49–51.
4. Ho, H.-C. & Loh, K.-H. (2015). "A new species of the worm-eel genus Neenchelys (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from southern Taiwan" (PDF). Zootaxa, 4060 (1): 52–55.
5. Hibino, Y., Ho, H.-C. & Kimura, S. (2012): A new worm eel Neenchelys mccoskeri (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from Taiwan and Japan. Ichthyological Research, 59 (4): 342-346.
6. Tashiro, F., Hibino, Y. & Imamura, H. (2015): Description of a new species of the genus Neenchelys (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae, Myrophinae) from the eastern Indian Ocean, with comments on the availability of three congeners. Ichthyological Research, 63 (1): 53-58.