Echelus

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

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)
 * Echelus uropterus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) (Finned snake eel)