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Callechelys muraena Jordan & Evermann, 1887

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Jordan, D. S. ; Evermann, B. W. (1887). Description of six new species of fishes from the Gulf of Mexico, with notes on other species. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 9 (no. 586): 466-476.
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Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Anguilliformes
family
Ophichthidae
genus
Callechelys
species
Callechelys muraena

Name

Homonyms
Callechelys muraena Jordan & Evermann, 1887
Common names
Blotched snake eel in English
Hadař murénovitý in Czech
Mureen-ehisangerjas in Estonian
Tieso moteado in Spanish
blotched snake eel in English
tieso moteado in Spanish
班点丽鳗 in language.
班點麗鰻 in language.
Blotched Snake Eel in English
Tieso Moteado in Spanish
blotched snake eel in English
tieso moteado in Spanish

Bibliographic References

  1. Böhlke, E. B., J. E. Böhlke, M. M. Leiby, J. E. McCosker, et al. / Böhlke, Eugenia B., ed., 1989: Orders Anguilliformes and Saccopharyngiformes. Fishes of the Western North Atlantic, no. 1, pt. 9, vol. 1. xvii + 1-656.
  2. Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
  3. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2021). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (08/2021).
  4. Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002.
  5. Jordan, D. S. ; Evermann, B. W. (1887). Description of six new species of fishes from the Gulf of Mexico, with notes on other species. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 9 (no. 586): 466-476.
  6. McCosker, John E., 1998: A revision of the snake-eel genus Callechelys (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) with the description of two new Indo-Pacific species and a new Callechelyin genus. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, vol. 50, no. 7. 185-215.
  7. McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
  8. Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, et al., eds., 2004: Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Sixth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 29. ix + 386.
  9. Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1980: A List of Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, Fourth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 12. 174.
  10. Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1991: Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, Fifth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 20. 183.
  11. Welshman, D.; Kohler, S; Black, J.; and L. Van Guelpen. (2003). An atlas of distributions of Canadian Atlantic fishes.
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