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Callechelys bilinearis Kanazawa, 1952

Description

Large, TL 1.7 m, head and body longer than tail. Pale with 2 dark brown stripes on side and another on outer part of dorsal fin (Ref. 26938).

Common Names

  • Hadař dvoupruhý , Czech , Czechia
  • Twostripe snake eel , English , Bahamas
  • Twostripe snake eel , English , Mexico
  • Twostripe snake eel , English , St Helena
  • Twostripe snake eel , English , USA
  • Kakstriip-ehisangerjas , Estonian , Estonia
  • 双线丽鳗 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 雙線麗鰻 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Tieso dos rayas , Spanish , Mexico
  • Tieso rayado , Spanish , Venezuela

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Anguilliformes

    Family: Ophichthidae

    Genus: Callechelys

    Species: Callechelys bilinearis Kanazawa, 1952

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

  • Western Atlantic: Bermuda, throughout the West Indies, from islands of Central and South America. Lesser Antilles (Ref. 26938). Southeast Atlantic: St. Helena and Ascension islands.

    • Biology

    A sand-dwelling eel. Inhabits open beaches and beaches semi-protected from open ocean (Ref. 5521). Reported to reach 172.4 cm TL (Ref. 27478). Minimum depth from Ref. 005288.

    Habitat

    demersal

    Conservation Status

    Least Concern

    Threat to Humans

    Harmless