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Callechelys

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Actinopterygii

Family
  
Ophichthidae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Anguilliformes

Genus
  
Callechelys Kaup, 1856

Callechelys is a genus of eels in the snake eel family Ophichthidae. It currently contains the following fifteen species:

  • Callechelys bilinearis Kanazawa, 1952 (Twostripe snake-eel)
  • Callechelys bitaeniata (W. K. H. Peters, 1877)
  • Callechelys catostoma (J. G. Schneider & J. R. Forster, 1801) (Black-striped snake-eel)
  • Callechelys cliffi J. E. Böhlke & Briggs, 1954 (Sandy ridgefin eel)
  • Callechelys eristigma McCosker & Rosenblatt, 1972 (Spotted ridgefin eel)
  • Callechelys galapagensis McCosker & Rosenblatt, 1972
  • Callechelys guineensis (Osório, 1893) (Shorttail snake eel)
  • Callechelys leucoptera (Cadenat, 1954)
  • Callechelys lutea Snyder, 1904 (Yellow-spotted snake-eel)
  • Callechelys maculatus Y. T. Chu, H. L. Wu & X. B. Jin, 1981
  • Callechelys marmorata (Bleeker, 1853) (Marbled snake-eel)
  • Callechelys muraena D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1887 (Blotched snake-eel)
  • Callechelys papulosa McCosker, 1998
  • Callechelys randalli McCosker, 1998
  • Callechelys springeri (Ginsburg, 1951) (Ridgefin eel)
  • References

    Callechelys Wikipedia


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