FB-12888 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=12888 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Anguilliformes Ophichthidae Callechelys Callechelys catostoma (Schneider, 1801) Marmer-slangpaling Hadař mramorovaný Hadovec mramorovaný Marbled snake eel Marbled snake-eel Marmor-ehisangerjas Anguille-serpent marbrée Pananglitan 云纹丽鳗 雲紋麗鰻 Callechelys guichenoti Kaup, 1856 Callechelys marmoratus (Bleeker, 1854) Dalophis marmorata Bleeker, 1854 Ophichthys marmoratus (Bleeker, 1854) Pisodonophis maculatus Kaup, 1856 1995-03-17 2010-05-07 Wass, R.C.0 An annotated checklist of the fishes of Samoa. Natl. Ocean. Atmos. Adminis. Tech. Rept., Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., Spec. Sci. Rept. Fish. (781). (Ref. 592) Myers, R.F.0 Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p. (Ref. 1602) Smith, J.L.B. and M.M. Smith0 The fishes of Seychelles. Rhodes University, Grahamstown. 215 p. (Ref. 1623) Randall, J.E., G.R. Allen and R.C. 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Friedman, K.A. Corn, O. Larouche, K. Brockelsby, A.J. Lee, M. Nagaraj, N.G. Bertrand, M. Danao, M.C. Coyne, J.R. Estrada, R. Friedman, E. Hoeft, M. Iwan, D. Gross, J.H. Kao, B. Landry, M.J. Linares, C. McGlinn and …0 FishShapes v1: Functionally relevant measurements of teleost shape and size on three dimensions. Ecology 103(e3829):1-2. (Ref. 137577) FB-pic-12889-20540 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage image/jpeg John E. Randall 1999-05-12 2013-05-21 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License. Image can be freely copied and altered but may be used only for non-commercial purposes. Original author and source must be properly acknowledged WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=12889 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Camar_u5.jpg http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/jpg/tn_Camar_u5.jpg FB-pic-12889-20541 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage image/jpeg John E. Randall 1999-05-12 2000-09-19 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License. Image can be freely copied and altered but may be used only for non-commercial purposes. Original author and source must be properly acknowledged http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=12889 http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Camar_u6.jpg http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/jpg/tn_Camar_u6.jpg FB-GeneralDescr-12889 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1995-03-17 00:00:00 2025-07-01 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=12889 Inhabits shallow areas, beneath loose gravel and sand (Ref. 1602); also in lagoons and seaward sand patches, solitary in sand, head usually protruding (Ref 90102). It is usually collected from over sand and rock bottoms using ichthyocides, from tide pools depths to 37 m (Ref. 27478). McCosker, J.E. 1998 A revision of the snake-eel genus <i>Callechelys</i> (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) with the description of two new Indo-Pacific species and a new Callechelyin genus. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 50(7):185-215. (Ref. 27478) FB-DiagnosticDescr-12889 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rodolfo B. Reyes 1996-05-03 00:00:00 2013-02-22 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=12889 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Yellowish white, speckled and spotted with darker coalescing spots (Ref. 3972).Description: Characterized by head length 14-16 in TL; depth of body 37-58 in TL; short tail, 2.6-2.8 in TL; dorsal fin origin slightly posterior to corner of mouth; no pectoral fins; intermaxilla with 2-4 backward slanting canines in ventral groove under snout; remaining teeth of jaws small and uniserial; uniserial vomerine teeth (Ref. 90102). Myers, R.F. 1991 Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p. (Ref. 1602) FB-Morphology-12889 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rodolfo B. Reyes 1996-05-03 00:00:00 2013-02-22 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=12889 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Vertebrae: 174 - 183 Myers, R.F. 1991 Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p. (Ref. 1602) FB-Distribution-12889 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1995-03-17 00:00:00 2023-01-10 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=12889 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#DiagnosticDescription Indo-Pacific, Randall, J.E. 2005 Reef and shore fishes of the South Pacific. New Caledonia to Tahiti and the Pitcairn Islands. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii. 720 p. (Ref. 54980) FB-Uses-12889 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1995-03-17 00:00:00 2025-07-01 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=12889 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Morphology fisheries: of no interest FB-TrophicStrategy-12889 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Auda Kareen Ortañez 2007-08-07 00:00:00 2008-08-14 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public marmorata http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Inhabits coral reefs (Ref. 58534); also in shallow areas, beneath loose gravel and sand (Ref. 1602). Burrowing species (Ref. 75154). Encountered only through the use of ichthyocides (Ref. 1602). Usually collected from over sand or sand and rock bottoms using ichthyocides from tide pools depths to 37 m (Ref. 27478). Nguyen, N.T. and V.Q. Nguyen 2006 Biodiversity and living resources of the coral reef fishes in Vietnam marine waters. Science and Technology Publishing House, Hanoi. (Ref. 58534) FB-Size-12889 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1995-03-17 00:00:00 2025-07-01 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=12889 89.0 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 137577)) Price, S.A., S.T. Friedman, K.A. Corn, O. Larouche, K. Brockelsby, A.J. Lee, M. Nagaraj, N.G. Bertrand, M. Danao, M.C. Coyne, J.R. Estrada, R. Friedman, E. Hoeft, M. Iwan, D. Gross, J.H. Kao, B. Landry, M.J. Linares, C. McGlinn and … 2022 FishShapes v1: Functionally relevant measurements of teleost shape and size on three dimensions. Ecology 103(e3829):1-2. (Ref. 137577) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-12889 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1995-03-17 00:00:00 2025-07-01 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=12889 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats reef-associated; marine; depth range 2 - 37 m (Ref. 27478) McCosker, J.E. 1998 A revision of the snake-eel genus <i>Callechelys</i> (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) with the description of two new Indo-Pacific species and a new Callechelyin genus. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 50(7):185-215. (Ref. 27478)