Kingdom Animalia Family Ophichthidae Genus Callechelys Order Eel | Class Actinopterygii Phylum Chordata Rank Species | |
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The Yellow-spotted snake eel (Callechelys lutea, also known as the Freckled snake eel) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by John Otterbein Snyder in 1904.
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).
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