Blotched snake eel
| Blotched snake eel | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Ophichthidae |
| Genus: | Callechelys |
| Species: | C. muraena |
| Binomial name | |
| Callechelys muraena Jordan & Evermann, 1887 | |
The Blotched snake eel[1] (Callechelys muraena) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[2] It was described by David Starr Jordan and Barton Warren Evermann in 1887.[3] It is a rare tropical, marine eel which is known from the western and northwestern Atlantic Ocean, including the United States (North Carolina to Florida), the Gulf of Mexico, the Yucatan Peninsula, and Canada. It dwells at a depth range of 27-115 metres. Males can reach a maximum total length of 60 centimetres.[2]
References
- ↑ Common names for Callechelys muraena at www.fishbase.org.
- 1 2 Callechelys muraena at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ Jordan, D. S. and B. W. Evermann, 1887 (14 Feb.) [ref. 2441] Description of six new species of fishes from the Gulf of Mexico, with notes on other species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 9 (no. 586): 466-476.
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