Callechelys lutea, the freckled snake eeloryellow-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]
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Ophichthidae |
Genus: | Callechelys |
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C. lutea
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Binomial name | |
Callechelys lutea Snyder, 1904 | |
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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]
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