Callechelys eristigma: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Anguilliformes
- Family
- Ophichthidae
- Genus
- Callechelys
- Species
- Callechelys eristigma
- Scientific Name
- Callechelys eristigma
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Callechelys eristigma
Callechelys eristigma, the spotted ridgefin eel, is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by John E. McCosker and Richard Heinrich Rosenblatt in 1972. It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the eastern central Pacific Ocean, including Costa Rica, Mexico, and Panama. It dwells at a depth range of 5 to 25 metres (16 to 82 ft), and inhabits benthic sediments of rock and sand. Males can reach a maximum standard length of 113 centimetres (44 in).
The IUCN redlist currently lists the spotted ridgefin eel as Least Concern, in spite of its limited distribution, due to a lack of known threats or observed population decline.
...Callechelys eristigma in languages:
- Czech
- hadař značený
- English
- Spotted Ridgefin Eel
Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Callechelys bilinearis
- Callechelys bitaeniata
- Callechelys catostoma
- Callechelys cliffi
- Callechelys eristigma
- Callechelys galapagensis
- Callechelys guineensis
- Callechelys kuro
- Callechelys leucoptera
- Callechelys lutea
- Callechelys maculatus
- Callechelys marmorata
- Callechelys muraena
- Callechelys papulosa
- Callechelys randalli
- Callechelys springeri