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 M. C. W. Weber & 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.