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Class: Teleostei
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Ophichthidae Snake eels
Subfamily: Ophichthinae
Genus: Callechelys

(See list of species below)


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15 species (see list below)
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Photo by Sampaio, C.L.S.

Western Atlantic
Max. Length 170 cm TL
Callechelys bilinearis Kanazawa, 1952

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Callechelys bilinearis
[Twostripe snake eel]
No picture found

Max. Length 82 cm TL
 
Callechelys bitaeniata
[]

Photo by Randall, J.E.

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 85 cm TL
Callechelys catostoma (Schneider, 1801)

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Callechelys catostoma
[Black-striped snake eel]

Photo by FAO

Eastern Central Pacific
Max. Length 45.5 cm SL
Callechelys cliffi Böhlke & Briggs, 1954

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Callechelys cliffi
[Sandy ridgefin eel]

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Eastern Central Pacific
Max. Length 113 cm SL
Callechelys eristigma McCosker & Rosenblatt, 1972

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Callechelys eristigma
[Spotted ridgefin eel]
No picture found
 
Callechelys galapagensis
[]

Photo by Wirtz, P.

Western Atlantic
Max. Length 108 cm TL
Callechelys guineensis (Osório, 1893)

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Callechelys guineensis
[Shorttail snake eel]
No picture found

Max. Length 73 cm TL
 
Callechelys leucoptera
[]

Photo by Randall, J.E.

Pacific Ocean
Max. Length 104 cm TL
Callechelys lutea Snyder, 1904

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Callechelys lutea
[Yellow-spotted snake eel]
No picture found

Max. Length 33.8 cm TL
 
Callechelys maculatus
[]

Photo by Adams, M.J.

Indo-Pacific,
Max. Length 87 cm TL
Callechelys marmorata (Bleeker, 1854)

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Callechelys marmorata
[Marbled snake eel]
No picture found

Max. Length 60 cm TL
 
Callechelys muraena
[Blotched snake eel]

Photo by Randall, J.E.

Western Central Pacific
Max. Length 55.1 cm TL
Callechelys papulosa McCosker, 1998

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Callechelys papulosa
[Blistered snake eel]
No picture found

Max. Length 46.4 cm TL
 
Callechelys randalli
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 80.1 cm TL
 
Callechelys springeri
[Ridgefin eel]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Callechelys bilinearis Twostripe snake eel Western Atlantic 170 TL 1952
Callechelys bitaeniata Western Indian Ocean 82 TL 1877
Callechelys catostoma Black-striped snake eel Indo-Pacific 85 TL 1801
Callechelys cliffi Sandy ridgefin eel Eastern Central Pacific 45.5 SL 1954
Callechelys eristigma Spotted ridgefin eel Eastern Central Pacific 113 SL 1972
Callechelys galapagensis Southeast Pacific 1972
Callechelys guineensis Shorttail snake eel Western Atlantic 108 TL 1893
Callechelys leucoptera Eastern Atlantic 73 TL 1954
Callechelys lutea Yellow-spotted snake eel Pacific Ocean 104 TL 1904
Callechelys maculatus Northwest Pacific 33.8 TL 1981
Callechelys marmorata Marbled snake eel Indo-Pacific, 87 TL 1854
Callechelys muraena Blotched snake eel Western Atlantic 60 TL 1887
Callechelys papulosa Blistered snake eel Western Central Pacific 55.1 TL 1998
Callechelys randalli Eastern Central Pacific 46.4 TL 1998
Callechelys springeri Ridgefin eel Western Atlantic 80.1 TL 1951



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