Echelus

Echelus is a genus of eels in the snake-eel family Ophichthidae.

Echelus
Echelus pachyrhynchus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Ophichthidae
Subfamily:	Ophichthinae
Genus:	Echelus Rafinesque, 1810
Type species
Echelus punctatus Rafinesque, 1810[1]
Synonyms
Myrus Kaup, 1856

Species

There are currently 4 recognized species in this genus:

• Echelus myrus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Painted eel)
• Echelus pachyrhynchus (Vaillant, 1888)
• Echelus polyspondylus J. E. McCosker & H. C. Ho, 2015 (Many-vertebrae snake eel) ^[2]
• Echelus uropterus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) (Finned snake eel)