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Callechelys lutea | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Ophichthidae |
Genus: | Callechelys |
Species: | C. lutea
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Binomial name | |
Callechelys lutea Snyder, 1904
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Callechelys lutea, the freckled snake eel or yellow-spotted 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.
- ^ a b 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.