Black-striped snake eel

Black-striped snake eel
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Ophichthidae
Genus:	Callechelys
Species:	C. catostoma
Binomial name
	Callechelys catostoma; (J. G. Schneider & J. R. Forster, 1801)
Synonyms
	Sphagebranchus catostomus Schneider, 1801; Callechelys catostomus (Schneider, 1801); Callechelys melanotaeni Bleeker, 1864; Callechelys melanotaenius Bleeker, 1864; Leptenchelys pinnaceps Schultz, 1953; Callechelys striatus Smith, 1958; Callechelys striata Smith, 1958;

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The Black-striped snake eel (Callechelys catostoma, also known commonly as the 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]

References

↑ Synonyms of Callechelys catostoma at www.fishbase.org.
↑ Common names for Callechelys catostoma at www.fishbase.org.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Callechelys catostoma at www.fishbase.org.
↑ Bloch, M. E. and J. G. Schneider, 1801 [ref. 471] M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae Iconibus cx Ilustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum. i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110.

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