Biology:Twostripe snake eel

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Twostripe snake eel
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
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Order:
Anguilliformes
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Species:
C. bilinearis
Binomial name
Callechelys bilinearis
Kanazawa, 1952

The twostripe snake eel[1] (Callechelys bilinearis) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm and snake eels).[2] It was described by Robert H. Kanazawa in 1952.[3] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the western and southeastern Atlantic Ocean, including Bermuda, the West Indies, Lesser Antilles, St. Helena Island and Ascension Island. It dwells at a depth range of 0 to 22 metres (0 to 72 ft), most often at around 0 to 5 metres (0 to 16 ft). Males can reach a maximum total length of 172.4 centimetres (67.9 in).[2]

The species epithet "bilinearis", treated as an adjective, means "two-lined" in Latin, and refers to the pair of stripes along the length of the eel's body.[2]

References

  1. Common names of Callechelys bilinearis at www.foshbase.org.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Callechelys bilinearis at www.fishbase.org.
  3. Kanazawa, R. H., 1952 (20 Nov.) [ref. 12780] More new species and new records of fishes from Bermuda. Fieldiana Zoology v. 34 (no. 7): 71-100.

Wikidata ☰ Q6411194 entry