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Freckled Snake Eel
Callechelys lutea
Callechelys lutea, the freckled snake eel or yellow-spotted snake eel, is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by John Otterbein Snyder in 1904.
It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the Hawaiian Islands, Midway Island, Johnston Atoll, and the French Frigate Shoals, in the Pacific Ocean. It dwells at a depth of 4 to 24 metres (13 to 79 ft), and forms burrows in sand sediments to hunt. Males can reach a maximum total length of 104 centimetres (41 in).
From the article Callechelys lutea on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
It has dorsal and anal fins, with its dorsal fin extending nearly to the tail, and dorsal fin origin on its nape. Callechelys marmorata is considered a lookalike.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 121575.