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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Ophichthidae |
Genus: | Callechelys |
Species: | C. cliffi
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Binomial name | |
Callechelys cliffi Böhlke & Briggs, 1954
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Callechelys cliffi, the sandy ridgefin eel, [1] is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). [2] It was described by James Erwin Böhlke and John Carmon Briggs in 1954. [3] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the eastern central Pacific Ocean, including Mexico and Panama. It dwells at a depth range of 0 to 30 metres (0 to 98 ft), and inhabits sand sediments. Males can reach a maximum standard length of 45.5 centimetres (17.9 in). [2]
The species epithet "cliffi" refers to Frank S. Cliff. [2] Due to there being an extremely limited number of known specimens, and thereby a lack of information on the species' distribution and population, threats and habitat requirements, the IUCN redlist currently lists the Sandy ridgefin eel as Data Deficient. [4]
Callechelys cliffi | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Ophichthidae |
Genus: | Callechelys |
Species: | C. cliffi
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Binomial name | |
Callechelys cliffi Böhlke & Briggs, 1954
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Callechelys cliffi, the sandy ridgefin eel, [1] is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). [2] It was described by James Erwin Böhlke and John Carmon Briggs in 1954. [3] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the eastern central Pacific Ocean, including Mexico and Panama. It dwells at a depth range of 0 to 30 metres (0 to 98 ft), and inhabits sand sediments. Males can reach a maximum standard length of 45.5 centimetres (17.9 in). [2]
The species epithet "cliffi" refers to Frank S. Cliff. [2] Due to there being an extremely limited number of known specimens, and thereby a lack of information on the species' distribution and population, threats and habitat requirements, the IUCN redlist currently lists the Sandy ridgefin eel as Data Deficient. [4]