Xestochilus

Xestochilus
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Ophichthidae
Subfamily:	Ophichthinae
Genus:	Xestochilus McCosker, 1998
Species:	X. nebulosus
Binomial name
Xestochilus nebulosus (J. L. B. Smith, 1962)
Synonyms
Callechelys nebulosusJ. L. B. Smith, 1962

Xestochilus is a genus of eel in the family Ophichthidae. The genus contains one species being Xestochilus nebulosus, nebulosus snake eel. X. nebulosus lives in the indo-pacific ocean in 2 to 42 meter deep waters. The nebulosus snake eel are found in tidepools, weed bottoms and sand inside tropical waters .The species max length is 47 centimeters. ^[2]

References

1. McCosker, J.E. (2010). "Xestochilus nebulosus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2010 e.T154766A4628935. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T154766A4628935.en . Retrieved 13 November 2024.
2. "Xestochilus nebulosus, Nebulous snake eel". www.fishbase.se. Retrieved 2022-06-09.

• Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Xestochilus nebulosus". FishBase . June 2011 version.