The redfin worm-eel (Scolecenchelys laticaudata, also known as the pearlbelly snake-eelCommon names of Scolecenchelys laticaudata at www.fishbase.org.) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).Scolecenchelys laticaudata at www.fishbase.org. It was described by James Douglas Ogilby in 1897, originally under the genus Myropterura.Ogilby, J. D., 1897 (25 Oct.) [ref. 3273] Some new genera and species of fishes. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 22 (pt 2): 245-251. It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the Indo-Pacific and southeastern Atlantic Ocean, including the Red Sea, East and South Africa, Ducie Island, and Lord Howe Island. It dwells at a depth range of , and inhabits lagoons and reefs, forming colonies in sand sediments in confined areas. Males can reach a maximum total length of .
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