Yellow-spotted snake eel
| Yellow-spotted snake eel | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Ophichthidae |
| Genus: | Callechelys |
| Species: | C. lutea |
| Binomial name | |
| Callechelys lutea Snyder, 1904 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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The Yellow-spotted snake eel (Callechelys lutea, also known as the Freckled snake eel[2]) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[3] It was described by John Otterbein Snyder in 1904.[4]
It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the Hawaiian Islands, Midway Island, and the French Frigate Shoals, in the Pacific Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 4 to 24 metres (13 to 79 ft), and forms burrows in sand sediments. Males can reach a maximum total length of 104 centimetres (41 in).[3]
References
- ↑ Synonyms of Callechelys lutea at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ Common names of Callechelys lutea at www.fishbase.org.
- 1 2 Callechelys lutea at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ Snyder, J. O. 1904 (19 Jan.) [ref. 4149] A catalogue of the shore fishes collected by the steamer "Albatross" about the Hawaiian Islands in 1902. Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission v. 22 [1902]: 513-538, Pls. 1-13.
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