Nichols's worm eel[2] (Scolecenchelys nicholsae) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).

[3] It was described by Edgar Ravenswood Waite in 1904, originally under the genus Muraenichthys.

[4] It is a marine, subtropical eel which is known from Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island, in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.

It is known to dwell at a depth of 25 metres (82 ft).

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