Callechelys is a genus of eels in the snake eel family Ophichthidae. It currently contains the following fifteen species:
Callechelys is a genus of eels in the snake eel family Ophichthidae. It currently contains the following fifteen species:
Callechelys bilinearis Kanazawa, 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) 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 & Evermann, 1887 (blotched snake eel) Callechelys papulosa McCosker, 1998 Callechelys randalli McCosker, 1998 Callechelys springeri (Ginsburg, 1951) (ridgefin eel)
