''Callechelys eristigma'', the spotted ridgefin eel,Common names of ''Callechelys eristigma''
at www.fishbase.org. is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).''Callechelys eristigma''
at www.fishbase.org. It was described by John E. McCosker and Richard Heinrich Rosenblatt in 1972. It is a

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, tropical eel which is known from the eastern central Pacific Ocean, including

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, Mexico, and Panama.''Callechelys eristigma''
at the IUCN redlist. It dwells at a depth range of , and inhabits benthic sediments of rock and sand. Males can reach a maximum

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of . The IUCN redlist currently lists the spotted ridgefin eel as Least Concern, in spite of its limited distribution, due to a lack of known threats or observed population decline.

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Ophichthidae Fish described in 1972 {{Anguilliformes-stub