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| Kinds | - Callechelys bilinearis, Twostripe Snake Eel
- Callechelys bitaeniata
- Callechelys catostoma, Blackstriped Snake Eel
- Callechelys cliffi, Sandy Ridgefin Eel
- Callechelys eristigma, Spotted Ridgefin Eel
- Callechelys galapagensis, Galapagos ridgefin eel
- Callechelys guineensis, Shorttail Snake Eel
- Callechelys leucoptera
- Callechelys lutea, Yellow-spotted Snake Eel
- Callechelys marmorata, Marbled Snake Eel
- Callechelys muraena, Blotched Snake Eel
- Callechelys papulosa
- Callechelys randalli
- Callechelys springeri, Ridgefin Eel
- Callechelys striata
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Main identification features
- snout pointed, overhanging, grooved below
- d: high, origin on nape
- tail: less than 40 percent total length tip a hard finless point
- gill openings underneath
- pectorals absent
CALLECHELYS
RIDGEFIN EELS
Head and body compressed; snout pointed, a median groove on its underside, slightly overhanging mouth; tip of tail a hard finless point; pectorals absent; dorsal and anal fins present; dorsal begins on head at or just behind eye, and ends a little before tail tip; anterior nostril tubular; teeth small, pointed, in 1 row on jaws; gill openings low on side, converging forwards; gill chamber an expanded pouch; lateral line from head almost to tip of tail.
A circumtropical to subtropical genus with 14 species; in our region there are 3 endemics.
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References |
- Böhlke , J. and Briggs, J. C., 1954., Callechelys cliffi, a new Ophichthid eel from the Gulf of California., Stanford Ichthyol. Bull., 4:275-278.
- Böhlke, E. B., 1989., Fishes of the Western North Atlantic., Sears Foundation for Marine Research1:655pp.
- Findley, L.T., Hendrickx, M.E., Brusca, R.C., van der Heiden, A.M., Hastings, P.A., Torre, J., 2003., Diversidad de la Macrofauna Marina del Golfo de California, Mexico., CD-ROM versión 1.0. Projecto de la Macrofauna del Golfo . Derechos reservados de los autores y Conservación Internacional.
- Fischer , W. , Krup , F. , Schneider , W. , Sommer , C. , Carpenter , K. E. and Niem, V. H., 1995., Guia FAO para la Identificacion de Especies de para los fines de la Pesca. Pacifico Centro-Oriental. Volumen III. Vertebrados - Parte 2., FAO3:1201-1813.
- Galván-Magaña, F., Gutiérrez-Sánchez, F., Abitia-Cárdenas, L.A., Rodríguez-Romero, J., 2000., The distribution and affinities of the shore fishes of the Baja California Sur lagoons. In Aquatic Ecosystems of Mexico: Status and Scope. Eds. M. Manuwar, S.G. Lawrence, I.F. Manuwar & D.F. Malley. Ecovision World Monograph Series., Backhuys Publishers:383-398.
- Lopez , M. I. and Bussing, W. A., 1982., Lista provisional de los peces marinos de la Costa Rica., Revista de Biologia Tropical, 30(1):5-26.
- Love, M.S., Mecklenburg, C.W., Mecklenburg, T.A., Thorsteinson, L.K., 2005., es of the West Coast and Alaska: a checklist of North Pacific and Artic Ocena species from Baja California to the Alaska-Yukon border., U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, 288pp.
- McCosker , J.E. and Rosenblatt, R.H., 1972., Eastern Pacific snake-eels of the genus Callechelys (Apodes: Ophichthidae)., Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History, 17:15-24.
- McCosker , J.E. and Rosenblatt, R.H., 1985., The inshore fish fauna of the Galápagos Islands. In Key Environments-Galápagos, ed. R. Perry., Pergamon Press:133-144.
- McCosker, J.E., 1987., The fishes of the Galapagos Islands., Oceanus, 30:28-32.
- Villareal-Cavazos, A., Reyes-Bonilla, H., Bermúdez-Almada, B. and Arizpe-Covarrubias, O., 2000., Los peces del arrecife de Cabo Pulmo, Golfo de California, México: Lista sistemática y aspectos de abundancia y biogeografía., Rev. Biol. Trop., 48:413-424.
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