''Callechelys'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
eel
Eels are ray-finned fish belonging to the order Anguilliformes (), which consists of eight suborders, 20 families, 164 genera, and about 1000 species. Eels undergo considerable development from the early larval stage to the eventual adult stage ...
s in the snake eel family Ophichthidae. It currently contains the following fifteen
species
A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...
:
* ''
Callechelys bilinearis''
Kanazawa
is the capital of Ishikawa Prefecture in central Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 466,029 in 203,271 households, and a population density of 990 persons per km2. The total area of the city was .
Etymology
The name "Kanazaw ...
, 1952 (twostripe snake eel)
* ''
Callechelys bitaeniata''
( W. K. H. Peters, 1877)
* ''
Callechelys catostoma''
( J. G. Schneider & J. R. Forster, 1801) (black-striped snake eel)
* ''
Callechelys cliffi''
J. E. Böhlke & Briggs, 1954 (sandy ridgefin eel)
* ''
Callechelys eristigma''
McCosker & Rosenblatt, 1972 (spotted ridgefin eel)
* ''
Callechelys galapagensis''
McCosker & Rosenblatt, 1972
* ''
Callechelys guineensis''
( Osório, 1893) (shorttail snake eel)
* ''
Callechelys leucoptera''
( Cadenat, 1954)
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Callechelys lutea''
Snyder, 1904 (yellow-spotted snake eel)
* ''
Callechelys maculatus''
Y. T. Chu, H. L. Wu & X. B. Jin, 1981
* ''
Callechelys marmorata''
( Bleeker, 1853) (marbled snake eel)
* ''
Callechelys muraena''
D. S. Jordan
David Starr Jordan (January 19, 1851 – September 19, 1931) was the founding president of Stanford University, serving from 1891 to 1913. He was an ichthyologist during his research career. Prior to serving as president of Stanford Universi ...
& Evermann, 1887 (blotched snake eel)
* ''
Callechelys papulosa''
McCosker, 1998
* ''
Callechelys randalli''
McCosker, 1998
* ''
Callechelys springeri''
( Ginsburg, 1951) (ridgefin eel)
References
*
Ophichthinae
Ray-finned fish genera
Taxa named by Johann Jakob Kaup
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