Callechelys springeri

{{Short description|Species of fish}}

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| status = DD

| status_system = IUCN3.1

|status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=McCosker, J. |author-link=John E. McCosker |year=2015 |title=Callechelys springeri |page=e.T190212A1944235 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T190212A1944235.en |access-date=11 November 2024}}

| taxon = Callechelys springeri

| authority = (Ginsburg, 1951)

| synonyms_ref = [http://www.fishbase.org/Nomenclature/SynonymsList.php?ID=2641&SynCode=23939&GenusName=Callechelys&SpeciesName=springeri Synonyms of Callechelys springeri] at www.fishbase.org.

| synonyms = * Gordiichthys springeri Ginsburg, 1951

• Cryptopterygium holochroma Ginsburg, 1951

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Callechelys springeri, the ridgefin eel,[http://www.fishbase.org/comnames/CommonNamesList.php?ID=2641&GenusName=Callechelys&SpeciesName=springeri&StockCode=2837 Common names of Callechelys springeri] at www.fishbase.org. is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[http://www.fishbase.org/summary/Callechelys-springeri.html Callechelys springeri] at www.fishbase.org. It was described by Isaac Ginsburg in 1951, originally under the genus Gordiichthys.Ginsburg, I., 1951 (30 Sept.) [ref. 1804] The eels of the northern Gulf Coast of the United States and some related species. Texas Journal of Science v. 3 (no. 3): 431-485. It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the eastern Gulf of Mexico, in the western Atlantic Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of {{convert|22|to|36|m|ft}}. Males can reach a maximum total length of {{convert|80.1|cm|in|abbr=|sp=us}}.