Yellow-spotted snake eel

The yellow-spotted snake eel (Callechelys lutea), also known as the freckled snake eel,[2] is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[3] It was described by John Otterbein Snyder in 1904.[4]

Yellow-spotted snake eel
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Anguilliformes
Family:
Ophichthidae
Genus:
Callechelys
Species:
C. lutea
Binomial name
Callechelys lutea
Snyder, 1904
Synonyms[1]
  • Callechelys luteus Snyder, 1904

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]

References
  1. Synonyms of Callechelys lutea at www.fishbase.org.
  2. Common names of Callechelys lutea at www.fishbase.org.
  3. Callechelys lutea at www.fishbase.org.
  4. Snyder, J. O. 1904 (19 Jan.) [ref. 4149] A catalogue of the shore fishes collected by the steamer "Albatross" about the Hawaiian Islands in 1902. Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission v. 22 [1902]: 513-538, Pls. 1-13.


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