Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Pacific Reefs

Freckled Snake Eel
Callechelys lutea
Freckled Snake Eel
Category: Snake Eels
Scientific Name: Callechelys lutea
Size: Up to 3 ft (1 m)  
Depth: 10-60 ft. (3-18 m)
Distribution: Hawaii (Endemic)
Note: Looks similar to C. marmorata, the Marbled Snake Eel, found in the Indo-Pacific
Chordata (Phylum)
└Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
 └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
  └Actinopteri (Superclass)
   └Teleostei (Class)
    └Anguilliformes (Order)
     └Ophichthidae (Family)
      └Callechelys (Genus)

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