Callechelys marmorata Marbled snake eel

Callechelys marmorata is commonly referred to as Marbled snake eel. Difficulty in the aquarium: Veldig vanskelig. A aquarium size of at least 1500 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

2800 

AphiaID:

217565 

Scientific:

Callechelys marmorata 

German:

Marmor Schlangenaal 

English:

Marbled Snake Eel 

Category:

Slangeål 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Teleostei (Class) > Anguilliformes (Order) > Ophichthidae (Family) > Callechelys (Genus) > marmorata (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Bleeker, ), 1854 

Occurrence:

(the) Maldives, American Samoa, Australia, Caroline Island, Christmas Islands, East Africa, Fiji, French Polynesia, Great Barrier Reef, Guam, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Israel, Jordan, Lord Howe Island, Madagascar, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Micronesia, Mozambique, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Red Sea, Samoa, South-Africa, Sulawesi, Sumatra, Tahiti, Taiwan, The Bangai Archipelago, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), the Seychelles, the Society Islands, Tonga, Vietnam 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

2 - 37 Meter 

Habitats:

Gravel soil, Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Lagoons, Sandy sea floors, Seawater, Sea water, Tide pools / rock pools 

Size:

up to 35.04" (89 cm) 

Temperature:

24,7 °F - 28,8 °F (24,7°C - 28,8°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Fish (little fishes), Living Food, Predatory, Smelts 

Tank:

329.97 gal (~ 1500L)  

Difficulty:

Veldig vanskelig 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Callechelys bilinearis
  Zweistreifen Schlangenaal
• Callechelys bitaeniata
• Callechelys catostoma
• Callechelys cliffi
• Callechelys eristigma
• Callechelys galapagensis
• Callechelys guineensis
• Callechelys leucoptera
• Callechelys lutea
• Callechelys maculatus
• 
  Callechelys marmorata
  Marmor Schlangenaal
• Callechelys muraena
• Callechelys papulosa
• Callechelys randalli
• Callechelys springeri
• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2009-04-19 13:54:48 

Last edit:

2026-03-07 20:35:43 

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