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Callechelys lutea
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Ophichthidae
Genus:	Callechelys
Species:	C. lutea
Binomial name
Callechelys lutea Snyder, 1904
Synonyms
Callechelys luteus Snyder, 1904

Callechelys lutea, the freckled snake eel or yellow-spotted snake eel, is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by John Otterbein Snyder in 1904.

It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the Hawaiian Islands, Midway Island, and the French Frigate Shoals, in the Pacific Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 4 to 24 metres (13 to 79 ft), and forms burrows in sand sediments. Males can reach a maximum total length of 104 centimetres (41 in).

References

1. Synonyms of Callechelys lutea at www.fishbase.org.
2. Common names of Callechelys lutea at www.fishbase.org.
3. ^ Callechelys lutea at www.fishbase.org.
4. Snyder, J. O. 1904 (19 Jan.) A catalogue of the shore fishes collected by the steamer "Albatross" about the Hawaiian Islands in 1902. Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission v. 22 : 513-538, Pls. 1-13.

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