Callechelys galapagensis, the Galapagos ridgefin eel,Callechelys galapagensis at the IUCN redlist. is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).Callechelys galapagensis at www.fishbase.org. It was described by John E. McCosker and Richard Heinrich Rosenblatt in 1972.McCosker, J. E. and R. H. Rosenblatt, 1972 (25 Apr.) [ref. 7629] Eastern Pacific snake-eels of the genus Callechelys (Apodes: Ophichthidae). Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History v. 17 (no. 2): 15-24. It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from four specimens collected from the Galapagos Islands (from which its species epithet and common name are derived), in the southeastern Pacific Ocean. It inhabits coral, sand and rock.
The IUCN redlist currently lists the Galapagos ridgefin eel as Data Deficient due to its being only known from the original four specimens.
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