Callechelys lutea, the freckled snake eel or yellow-spotted snake eel,Common names of Callechelys lutea at www.fishbase.org. is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).Callechelys lutea at www.fishbase.org. It was described by John Otterbein Snyder in 1904.Snyder, J. O. 1904 (19 Jan.) [ref. 4149] 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.
It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the Hawaiian Islands, Midway Island, Johnston Atoll, and the French Frigate Shoals, in the Pacific Ocean. It dwells at a depth of , and forms burrows in sand sediments to hunt. Males can reach a maximum total length of .
Description It has dorsal and anal fins, with its dorsal fin extending nearly to the tail, and dorsal fin origin on its nape. Callechelys marmorata is considered a lookalike.
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