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Blistered Snake Eel

Callechelys papulosa McCosker 1998

Diagnostic Description

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Description: Characterized by black color except white patches behind eye, on jaws and snout; head length 17 in TL; body depth 61 in TL; short tail, 2.7 in TL; dorsal fin origin well posterior to corner of mouth; no pectoral fins; anterior head with numerous small pits; small and conical teeth; intermaxilla with four teeth in ventral groove under snout; remaining teeth of jaws and vomer is uniserial (Ref. 90102).
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Morphology

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Vertebrae: 215
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Biology

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Taken at 10 m depth over a silty sand and sparse sea grass bottom (Ref. 90102).
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Callechelys papulosa

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Callechelys papulosa, the blistered snake eel,[1] is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[2] It was described by John E. McCosker in 1998.[3] It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from Papua New Guinea, in the western central Pacific Ocean. It is known to dwell at a depth of 10 metres, and to inhabit regions of sand and grass. Males can reach a maximum total length of 55.1 centimetres.[2]

References

  1. ^ Common names for Callechelys papulosa at www.fishbase.org.
  2. ^ a b Callechelys papulosa at www.fishbase.org.
  3. ^ McCosker, J. E., 1998 (27 Apr.) [ref. 23298] A revision of the snake-eel genus Callechelys (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) with the description of two new Indo-Pacific species and a new Callechelyin genus. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences v. 50 (no. 7): 185-214, Pl. 1.
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Callechelys papulosa: Brief Summary

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Callechelys papulosa, the blistered snake eel, is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by John E. McCosker in 1998. It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from Papua New Guinea, in the western central Pacific Ocean. It is known to dwell at a depth of 10 metres, and to inhabit regions of sand and grass. Males can reach a maximum total length of 55.1 centimetres.

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