Callechelys lutea | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Ophichthidae |
Genus: | Callechelys |
Species: | C. lutea
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Binomial name | |
Callechelys lutea Snyder, 1904
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Callechelys lutea, the freckled snake eel or yellow-spotted snake eel, [2] is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). [3] It was described by John Otterbein Snyder in 1904. [4]
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). [3]
Callechelys lutea | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Ophichthidae |
Genus: | Callechelys |
Species: | C. lutea
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Binomial name | |
Callechelys lutea Snyder, 1904
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Callechelys lutea, the freckled snake eel or yellow-spotted snake eel, [2] is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). [3] It was described by John Otterbein Snyder in 1904. [4]
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). [3]