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Ophichthidae
shorttail snake eel
Callechelys guineensis
Burrows into shelf sand mud
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Africa
- Central America and the Caribbean
- South America
- Anguilliform
- Large
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Anguilliform
Largeshorttail snake eel is a marine fish found around Western Atlantic. It inhabits marine waters. The largest recorded length is 108 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- True Eels
- Family
- Ophichthidae
- Genus
- Callechelys
- Maximum length
- 108 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- anguilliform
- Distribution
- 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.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
