Marbled Snake Eel, Callechelys marmorata (Bleeker 1853)
Other Names: Marbled Snake-eel
A Marbled Snake Eel, Callechelys marmorata, at Mabul Island, Sabah, Malaysia, August 2011. Source: terence zahner / iNaturalist.org. License: CC By Attribution-NonCommercial
Summary:
A yellowish white snake eel with the body and fins speckled and spotted with darker coalescing spots and blotches.
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Bray, D.J. 2021, Callechelys marmorata in Fishes of Australia, accessed 11 Sep 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/2891
Marbled Snake Eel, Callechelys marmorata (Bleeker 1853)
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Distribution |
Ningaloo Reef and offshore reefs of north Western Australia, Ashmore Reef in the Timor Sea, and the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland; also Christmas Island in the eastern Indian Ocean, and the Lord Howe Province in the Tasman Sea. Elsewhere the species occurs in the tropical, Indo-west-central Pacific. Inhabits sandy, silty and gravel areas, usually with its head poking from the sand. |
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Features |
Vertebrae 174-183. |
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Etymology |
The specific name is from the Latin marmorata (= marbled) in reference to the pattern of dark spots and large dark blotches on the body and fins. |
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Species Citation |
Dalophis marmorata Bleeker 1853, Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië 5: 247. Type locality: Siboga, western Sumatra, Indonesia. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2021 |
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Marbled Snake Eel, Callechelys marmorata (Bleeker 1853)
References
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