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Callechelys guineensis (Osório, 1893)

Common Names

  • Hadař kalifornský , Czech , Czechia
  • Shorttail snake eel , English , Bahamas
  • Shorttail snake eel , English , USA
  • Shorttail snake eel , English , Global
  • Lühisaba-ehisangerjas , Estonian , Estonia
  • 几宁丽鳗 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 幾寧麗鰻 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 短尾丽鳗 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 短尾麗鰻 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Tieso colicorta , Spanish , Mexico
  • Tieso colicorta , Spanish , Spain

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Anguilliformes

    Family: Ophichthidae

    Genus: Callechelys

    Species: Callechelys guineensis (Osório, 1893)

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

  • Western Atlantic: western and eastern Florida, Puerto Rico, the Bahamas, St. Barthelemy and possibly Venezuela. Lesser Antilles (Ref. 26938). Eastern Atlantic: Senegal and Cape Verde.

    • Biology

    Burrows in sand or mud on the continental shelf from near shore to 35 m depth (Ref. 4455). Formerly Callechelys perryae. Minimum depth from Ref. 58018.

    Habitat

    demersal

    Conservation Status

    Least Concern

    Threat to Humans

    Harmless