Shorttail snake eel

Shorttail snake eel
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Ophichthidae
Genus: Callechelys
Species: C. guineensis
Binomial name
Callechelys guineensis
(Osório, 1893)
Synonyms[1]
  • Ophichthys guineensis Osório, 1893
  • Callechelys guiniensis (Osório, 1893)
  • Callechelys perryae Storey, 1939
  • Caecula pantherina Cadenat, 1956
  • Callechelys pantherina (Cadenat, 1956)

The Shorttail snake eel[2] (Callechelys guineensis) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[3] It was described by Balthazar Osório in 1893, originally under the genus Ophichthys.[4] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the western and eastern Atlantic Ocean, including Florida, USA, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, the Bahamas, St. Barthelemy, Senegal, Lesser Antilles, and Cape Verde. It dwells at a depth range of 4 to 35 metres (13 to 115 ft), and inhabits the continental shelf, where it forms burrows in sand and mud. Males can reach a maximum total length of 108 centimetres (43 in).[3]

References

  1. ↑ Synonyms of Callechelys guineensis at www.fishbase.org.
  2. ↑ Common names of Callechelys guineensis at www.fishbase.org.
  3. 1 2 Callechelys guineensis at www.fishbase.org.
  4. ↑ Osório, B., 1893 [ref. 20571] Estudos ichthyologicos ácerca de fauna dos dominios portuguezes na Africa. 3a nota.--Peixes maritimos das ilhas de S. Thomé, do Principe e ilhe das Rolas. (contiuaçâo). Jornal do Sciências Mathemáticas, Physicas e Naturaes, Lisboa (Ser. 2) v. 3 (no. 11): 173-182.
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