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Callechelys catostoma (Schneider, 1801)

Description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 0; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 0; Vertebrae: 195 - 205. Adults have a broad lateral black band along the middle of each side.

Common Names

  • Hadař spodnoústý , Czech , Czechia
  • Hadař tmavopruhý , Czech , Czechia
  • Black-striped snake eel , English , Australia
  • Black-striped snake eel , English , Micronesia
  • Black-striped snake eel , English , Hawaii
  • Blackstriped snake eel , English , Australia
  • Blackstriped snake eel , English , UK
  • Dark band snake eel , English , Micronesia
  • Musttriip-ehisangerjas , Estonian , Estonia
  • Himo-umihebi , Japanese , Japan
  • 下口丽鳗 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 下口麗鰻 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 黑带丽鳗 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 黑帶麗鰻 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Puhi houone , Tahitian , Tahiti

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Anguilliformes

    Family: Ophichthidae

    Genus: Callechelys

    Species: Callechelys catostoma (Schneider, 1801)

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

  • Indo-Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa to the Society Islands, north to the Ryukyu Islands, south to Lord Howe Island.

    • Biology

    Found in shallow areas buried in loose gravel and sand (Ref. 1602, 75154). Benthic (Ref. 58302, 75154). It buries itself with the aid of its pointed snout or its bony, sharp tail.

    Habitat

    associated

    Conservation Status

    Least Concern

    Threat to Humans

    Harmless