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Teleostei (teleosts) > Anguilliformes (Eels and morays) > Ophichthidae (Snake eels) > Ophichthinae
Etymology: Callechelys: Greek, kalos, kallos = beautiful + Greek, enchelys, -yos = eel (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Bleeker.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 2 - 37 m (Ref. 27478). Tropical; 16°N - 32°S

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Indo-Pacific,

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 87.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 1602)

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Vertebrae: 174 - 183. Yellowish white, speckled and spotted with darker coalescing spots (Ref. 3972).

Inhabits shallow areas, beneath loose gravel and sand (Ref. 1602); also in lagoons and seaward sand patches, solitary in sand, head usually protruding (Ref 90102). It is usually collected from over sand and rock bottoms using ichthyocides, from tide pools depths to 37 m (Ref. 27478).

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : McCosker, John E. | Collaborators

McCosker, J.E., 1998. A revision of the snake-eel genus Callechelys (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) with the description of two new Indo-Pacific species and a new Callechelyin genus. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 50(7):185-215. (Ref. 27478)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 126983)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 22 November 2019

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Callechelys marmorata (Bleeker, 1854)