Scolecenchelys cookei
Scolecenchelys cookei is an eel in the family Ophichthidae. It was described by Henry Weed Fowler in 1928, originally under the genus Muraenichthys. It is a marine, temperate water-dwelling eel which is known from Hawaii, in the eastern central Pacific Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of, and inhabits pockets of sand in coral reefs. Males can reach a maximum total length of.