Neenchelys
Neenchelys is a genus of snake eels native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. All species of Neenchelys have two rather than three preopercular pores, a significant character among many species of ophichthids.
Species
There are currently 12 recognized species in this genus:- Neenchelys andamanensis Hibino, Satapoomin & Kimura, 2015
- Neenchelys buitendijki Max [Carl Wilhelm Weber|M. C. W. Weber] & Lieven [Ferdinand de Beaufort|de Beaufort], 1916
- Neenchelys cheni
- Neenchelys daedalus J. E. McCosker, 1982
- Neenchelys diaphora H. C. Ho, J. E. McCosker & D. G. Smith, 2015
- Neenchelys gracilis H. C. Ho & K. H. Loh, 2015
- Neenchelys mccoskeri Hibino, H. C. Ho & Kimura, 2012
- Neenchelys microtretus Bamber, 1915
- Neenchelys nudiceps Tashiro, Hibino & Imamura, 2015
- Neenchelys parvipectoralis Y. T. Chu, H. L. Wu & X. B. Jin, 1981
- Neenchelys pelagica H. C. Ho, J. E. McCosker & D. G. Smith, 2015
- Neenchelys similis H. C. Ho, J. E. McCosker & D. G. Smith, 2015.