Saurenchelys taiwanensis is an eel in the family Nettastomatidae (duckbill/witch eels).Saurenchelys taiwanensis at www.fishbase.org. It was described by Emma Stanislavovna Karmovskaya in 2004.Karmovskaya, E. S., 2004 [ref. 28053] Benthopelagic bathyal conger eels of families Congridae and Nettastomatidae from the western tropical Pacific, with descriptions of ten new species. Journal of Ichthyology v. 44 (Suppl. 1): S1-S32. It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the Philippines, in the western Pacific Ocean. It is known to dwell at a depth range of . Males can reach a maximum total length of .
The species epithet "taiwanensis", after Taiwan, was meant to refer to the type locality of the species, despite the holotype specimen being derived from the Philippines.
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