Callechelys
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| Callechelys marmorata | |
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| Order: | Anguilliformes
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| Genus: | Callechelys Kaup, 1856
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Callechelys is a genus of eels in the snake eel family Ophichthidae. It currently contains the following fifteen species:
- Callechelys bilinearis , 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 & , 1954 (Sandy ridgefin eel)
- Callechelys eristigma McCosker & Rosenblatt, 1972 (Spotted ridgefin eel)
- Callechelys galapagensis McCosker & Rosenblatt, 1972
- Callechelys guineensis (, 1893) (Shorttail snake eel)
- Callechelys leucoptera (Cadenat, 1954)
- Callechelys lutea Snyder, 1904 (Yellow-spotted snake-eel)
- Callechelys maculatus , & , 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[]
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Callechelys in FishBase. June 2011 version.
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