Callechelys lutea

Callechelys lutea, the freckled snake eel or yellow-spotted snake eel, is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by John Otterbein Snyder in 1904.

It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the Hawaiian Islands, Midway Island, and the French Frigate Shoals, in the Pacific Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 4 to 24 m, and forms burrows in sand sediments. Males can reach a maximum total length of 104 cm.