WoRMS taxon details
Callechelys catostoma (Schneider, 1801)
217563 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217563)
accepted
Species
Callechelys catostomus (Schneider, 1801) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Callechelys melanotaenia Bleeker, 1864 · unaccepted
Callechelys melanotaenius Bleeker, 1864 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Callechelys striata Smith, 1958 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Callechelys striatus Smith, 1958 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Leptenchelys pinnaceps Schultz, 1953 · unaccepted
Sphagebranchus catostomus Schneider, 1801 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Sphagebranchus catostomus Schneider, 1801) Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. <em>Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum.</em> Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5750#/summary
page(s): 536 [details]
page(s): 536 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Callechelys catostoma (Schneider, 1801). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217563 on 2025-07-23
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Callechelys striatus Smith, 1958) Smith, J. L. B. (1958). The fishes of Aldabra. Part IX. (with a new eel from East Africa). <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 12).</em> v. 10 (no. 119): 833-842, Pls. 27-28. [details]
original description (of Callechelys striata Smith, 1958) Smith, J. L. B. (1958). The fishes of Aldabra. Part IX. (with a new eel from East Africa). <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 12).</em> v. 10 (no. 119): 833-842, Pls. 27-28. [details]
original description (of Leptenchelys pinnaceps Schultz, 1953) Schultz, L. P.; Herald, E. S.; Lachner, E. A.; Welander, A. D.; Woods, L. P. (1953). Fishes of the Marshall and Marianas islands. Vol. I. Families from Asymmetrontidae through Siganidae. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> No. 202, v. 1: i-xxxii + 1-685, Pls. 1-74. [details]
original description (of Sphagebranchus catostomus Schneider, 1801) Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. <em>Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum.</em> Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5750#/summary
page(s): 536 [details]
original description (of Callechelys melanotaenia Bleeker, 1864) Bleeker, P. (1864-65). Atlas ichthyologique des Indes Orientales Néêrlandaises, publié sous les auspices du Gouvernement colonial néêrlandaises. Tome IV. Murènes, Synbranches, Leptocéphales. v. 4: 1-132, Pls. 145-193.
page(s): 66 [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Callechelys striata Smith, 1958) Smith, J. L. B. (1958). The fishes of Aldabra. Part IX. (with a new eel from East Africa). <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 12).</em> v. 10 (no. 119): 833-842, Pls. 27-28. [details]
original description (of Leptenchelys pinnaceps Schultz, 1953) Schultz, L. P.; Herald, E. S.; Lachner, E. A.; Welander, A. D.; Woods, L. P. (1953). Fishes of the Marshall and Marianas islands. Vol. I. Families from Asymmetrontidae through Siganidae. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> No. 202, v. 1: i-xxxii + 1-685, Pls. 1-74. [details]
original description (of Sphagebranchus catostomus Schneider, 1801) Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. <em>Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum.</em> Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5750#/summary
page(s): 536 [details]
original description (of Callechelys melanotaenia Bleeker, 1864) Bleeker, P. (1864-65). Atlas ichthyologique des Indes Orientales Néêrlandaises, publié sous les auspices du Gouvernement colonial néêrlandaises. Tome IV. Murènes, Synbranches, Leptocéphales. v. 4: 1-132, Pls. 145-193.
page(s): 66 [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ヒモウミヘビ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Callechelys striatus Smith, 1958)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Callechelys striata Smith, 1958)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Callechelys melanotaenia Bleeker, 1864)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Callechelys catostomus (Schneider, 1801))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Callechelys melanotaenius Bleeker, 1864)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Leptenchelys pinnaceps Schultz, 1953)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Sphagebranchus catostomus Schneider, 1801)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Callechelys melanotaenia Bleeker, 1864)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Callechelys catostoma)
To FishBase (from synonym Callechelys striatus Smith, 1958)
To FishBase (from synonym Callechelys striata Smith, 1958)
To FishBase (from synonym Leptenchelys pinnaceps Schultz, 1953)
To FishBase (from synonym Callechelys melanotaenia Bleeker, 1864)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Callechelys melanotaenius Bleeker, 1864)
To FishBase (from synonym Sphagebranchus catostomus Schneider, 1801)
To FishBase (from synonym Callechelys catostomus (Schneider, 1801))
To FishBase images (Callechelys catostoma, Marshall Is., by Randall, J.E.)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 14 proteins)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 14 proteins) (from synonym Sphagebranchus catostomus Schneider, 1801)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Callechelys catostoma FIN031533 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Callechelys catostoma FIN031533B Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Leptenchelys pinnaceps USNM 141691 holotype 1 of 2 radiograph lateral view) (from synonym Leptenchelys pinnaceps Schultz, 1953)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Muraenichthys pinnaceps P09646 illustration) (from synonym Leptenchelys pinnaceps Schultz, 1953)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Callechelys striatus Smith, 1958)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Callechelys striata Smith, 1958)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Callechelys melanotaenia Bleeker, 1864)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Callechelys catostomus (Schneider, 1801))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Callechelys melanotaenius Bleeker, 1864)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Leptenchelys pinnaceps Schultz, 1953)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Sphagebranchus catostomus Schneider, 1801)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Callechelys melanotaenia Bleeker, 1864)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Callechelys catostoma)
To FishBase (from synonym Callechelys striatus Smith, 1958)
To FishBase (from synonym Callechelys striata Smith, 1958)
To FishBase (from synonym Leptenchelys pinnaceps Schultz, 1953)
To FishBase (from synonym Callechelys melanotaenia Bleeker, 1864)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Callechelys melanotaenius Bleeker, 1864)
To FishBase (from synonym Sphagebranchus catostomus Schneider, 1801)
To FishBase (from synonym Callechelys catostomus (Schneider, 1801))
To FishBase images (Callechelys catostoma, Marshall Is., by Randall, J.E.)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 14 proteins)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 14 proteins) (from synonym Sphagebranchus catostomus Schneider, 1801)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Callechelys catostoma FIN031533 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Callechelys catostoma FIN031533B Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Leptenchelys pinnaceps USNM 141691 holotype 1 of 2 radiograph lateral view) (from synonym Leptenchelys pinnaceps Schultz, 1953)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Muraenichthys pinnaceps P09646 illustration) (from synonym Leptenchelys pinnaceps Schultz, 1953)
To ITIS
