WoRMS taxon details
Callechelys guineensis (Osório, 1893)
275468 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:275468)
accepted
Species
Caecula pantherina Cadenat, 1956 · unaccepted
Callechelys guiniensis (Osório, 1893) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Callechelys pantherina (Cadenat, 1956) · unaccepted
Callechelys perryae Storey, 1939 · unaccepted
Ophichthys guineensis Osório, 1893 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Ophichthys guineensis Osório, 1893) Osório, B. (1893). Estudos ichthyologicos ácerca de fauna dos dominios portuguezes da Africa. 3a nota.--Peixes maritimos das ilhas de S. Thomé, do Principe e ilhe das Rolas. (contiuaçâo). <em>Jornal de Sciências Mathemáticas, Physicas e Naturaes, Lisboa (Ser. 2).</em> v. 3 (no. 11): 173-182. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Callechelys guineensis (Osório, 1893). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=275468 on 2026-07-13
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Callechelys perryae Storey, 1939) Storey, M. H. (1939). Contributions toward a revision of the ophichthyid eels. I. The genera Callechelys and Bascanichthys, with descriptions of new species and notes on Myrichthys. <em>Stanford Ichthyological Bulletin.</em> 1(3): 61-84. [details]
original description (of Ophichthys guineensis Osório, 1893) Osório, B. (1893). Estudos ichthyologicos ácerca de fauna dos dominios portuguezes da Africa. 3a nota.--Peixes maritimos das ilhas de S. Thomé, do Principe e ilhe das Rolas. (contiuaçâo). <em>Jornal de Sciências Mathemáticas, Physicas e Naturaes, Lisboa (Ser. 2).</em> v. 3 (no. 11): 173-182. [details]
original description (of Caecula pantherina Cadenat, 1956) Cadenat, J. (1956). Note d'ichtyologie ouest-africaine. XVI.--Description d'une espèce nouvelle d'Ophicthyidae [sic]: Caecula pantherina. <em>Bulletin de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire (Sér A) Sciences Naturelles.</em> v. 18 (no. 4): 1267-1271. [details]
original description (of Ophichthys guineensis Osório, 1893) Osório, B. (1893). Estudos ichthyologicos ácerca de fauna dos dominios portuguezes da Africa. 3a nota.--Peixes maritimos das ilhas de S. Thomé, do Principe e ilhe das Rolas. (contiuaçâo). <em>Jornal de Sciências Mathemáticas, Physicas e Naturaes, Lisboa (Ser. 2).</em> v. 3 (no. 11): 173-182. [details]
original description (of Caecula pantherina Cadenat, 1956) Cadenat, J. (1956). Note d'ichtyologie ouest-africaine. XVI.--Description d'une espèce nouvelle d'Ophicthyidae [sic]: Caecula pantherina. <em>Bulletin de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire (Sér A) Sciences Naturelles.</em> v. 18 (no. 4): 1267-1271. [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] 
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source 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. [details]
additional source 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. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Callechelys pantherina (Cadenat, 1956))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Ophichthys guineensis Osório, 1893)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Caecula pantherina Cadenat, 1956)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Callechelys perryae Storey, 1939)
To FishBase (from synonym Ophichthys guineensis Osório, 1893)
To FishBase (from synonym Caecula pantherina Cadenat, 1956)
To FishBase (from synonym Callechelys guiniensis (Osório, 1893))
To FishBase (from synonym Callechelys perryae Storey, 1939)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Callechelys pantherina (Cadenat, 1956))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Callechelys guineensis RAD118406-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Callechelys guineensis RAD118406-001B)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Callechelys pantherina (Cadenat, 1956))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Ophichthys guineensis Osório, 1893)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Caecula pantherina Cadenat, 1956)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Callechelys perryae Storey, 1939)
To FishBase (from synonym Ophichthys guineensis Osório, 1893)
To FishBase (from synonym Caecula pantherina Cadenat, 1956)
To FishBase (from synonym Callechelys guiniensis (Osório, 1893))
To FishBase (from synonym Callechelys perryae Storey, 1939)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Callechelys pantherina (Cadenat, 1956))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Callechelys guineensis RAD118406-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Callechelys guineensis RAD118406-001B)
To ITIS
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