The black-striped snake eel (''Callechelys catostoma'', also known commonly as the dark band snake eelCommon names for ''Callechelys catostoma''
at www.fishbase.org.) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).''Callechelys catostoma''
at www.fishbase.org. It was described by Johann Gottlob Theaenus Schneider and Johann Reinhold Forster in 1801.Bloch, M. E. and J. G. Schneider, 1801 ef. 471''M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae Iconibus cx Ilustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini.'' Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum. i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110. It is a tropical,

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eel which is known from the

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, including the Red Sea,

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, the Society Islands, the Ryukyu Islands, and Lord Howe Island. It dwells at a depth range of 1–32 metres, and inhabits reefs. It burrows into loose gravel and sand. Males can reach a maximum total length of 85 centimetres.

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Ophichthidae Taxa named by Johann Gottlob Theaenus Schneider Taxa named by Johann Reinhold Forster Fish described in 1801 {{Ophichthidae-stub