Callechelys Kaup [J. J.] 1856:51 Fem. Callechelys guichenoti Kaup 1856. Type by monotypy. Also in Kaup 1857:28 [ref. 2573] and as name only in Kaup in Duméril 1856:199 [ref. 1154]. •Valid as Callechelys Kaup 1856 -- (McCosker 1977:62 [ref. 6836], Asano in Masuda et al. 1984:30 [ref. 6441], Leiby 1984:404 [ref. 12859], McCosker & Castle 1986:178 [ref. 5690], Paxton et al. 1989:116 [ref. 12442], McCosker et al. 1989:303 [ref. 13288], McCosker 1998:188 [ref. 23298], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:98 [ref. 24550], Smith & McCosker 1999:1665 [ref. 24715], McCosker 2003:732 [ref. 26993], McCosker et al. 2006:267 [ref. 29006], Fricke et al. 2009:19 [ref. 30213], Zhang et al. 2010:375 [ref. 31511], McCosker et al. 2011:273 [ref. 31452], Fricke et al. 2018:43 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:27 [ref. 36273], Brown et al. 2019:156 [ref. 36444]). Current status: Valid as Callechelys Kaup 1856. Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae.