Scolecenchelys vermiformis is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).

[2] It was described by Wilhelm Peters in 1866, originally under the genus Chilorhinus.

[3] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from Sri Lanka, in the western Indian Ocean.

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