Callechelys bilinearis, the twostripe snake eel,Common names of Callechelys bilinearis at www.foshbase.org. is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm and snake eels).Callechelys bilinearis at www.fishbase.org. It was described by Robert H. Kanazawa in 1952.Kanazawa, R. H., 1952 (20 Nov.) [ref. 12780] More new species and new records of fishes from Bermuda. Fieldiana Zoology v. 34 (no. 7): 71-100. It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the western and southeastern Atlantic Ocean, including Bermuda, the West Indies, Lesser Antilles, St. Helena Island and Ascension Island. It dwells at a depth range of , most often at around . Males can reach a maximum total length of .
The species epithet "bilinearis", treated as an adjective, means "two-lined" in Latin, and refers to the pair of stripes along the length of the eel's body.
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