Callechelys catostoma, the black-striped snake eel or dark band snake eel,[2]) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[3] It was described by Johann Gottlob Theaenus Schneider and Johann Reinhold Forster in 1801.[4] It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from the Indo-Pacific, including the Red Sea, East Africa, the Society Islands, the Ryukyu Islands, and Lord Howe Island. It dwells at a depth range of 1–32 metres, and inhabits reefs. It burrows into loose gravel and sand. Males can reach a maximum total length of 85 centimetres.[3]
Callechelys catostoma, the black-striped snake eel or dark band snake eel,) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by Johann Gottlob Theaenus Schneider and Johann Reinhold Forster in 1801. It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from the Indo-Pacific, including the Red Sea, East Africa, the Society Islands, the Ryukyu Islands, and Lord Howe Island. It dwells at a depth range of 1–32 metres, and inhabits reefs. It burrows into loose gravel and sand. Males can reach a maximum total length of 85 centimetres.
Callechelys catostoma Callechelys generoko animalia da. Arrainen barruko Ophichthidae familian sailkatzen da.
Callechelys catostoma Callechelys generoko animalia da. Arrainen barruko Ophichthidae familian sailkatzen da.
Callechelys catostoma is een straalvinnige vissensoort uit de familie van slangalen (Ophichthidae).[1] De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1801 door Schneider & Forster.
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