Sooty eel

The Sooty eel lives in the reef-associated, marine environment.

Bascanichthys bascanium Sooty eel (Gulf of Mexico and Florida north) Bascanichthys inopinatus (Puerto Rico +?) Bascanichthys scuticaris Whip eel (Gulf of Mexico and Florida north) Callechelys bilinearis Twostripe snake eel Callechelys guineensis Shorttail snake eel Echiophus intercinctus Spotted spoon-nose More

Common Name/Nom commun: sooty eel, serpenton charbonneux. Comments/Commentaires: None/Aucune. Callechelys muraena Jordan & Evermann, 1887 Common Name/Nom commun: blotched snake eel, serpenton couperosé. Comments/Commentaires: None/Aucune. More

Common names

Hadař štítkovitý in Czech (česky)
Hadar štítkovitý in Czech (česky)
Safio Pardo in Spanish (español)
sooty eel in English
whip eel in English
鞭鰻 in Mandarin Chinese
鞭鳗 in Mandarin Chinese

Order : Anguilliformes
Family : Ophichthidae
Genus : Bascanichthys
Species : Bascanichthys scuticaris
Authority : Goode and Bean, 1880