Scientific Name	Saurenchelys fierasfer   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Jordan & Snyder, 1901)	Depth	100 - 600M
Chinese	線尾蜥鰻	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鴨嘴鰻科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F087　Nettastomatidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	線尾蜥鰻
Max Length	50 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	絲仔鰻
Distribution in World		Distribution in Taiwan	South West、North East、PonFu
Habitats	Deep Sea	Holotype Locality	Wakanoura, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, Inland Sea, Western North Pacific.
Synonyms	Chlopsis fierasfer
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；Karmovskaya, E. S.  ( 2004)  Benthopelagic bathyal conger eels of families Congridae and Nettastomatidae from the western tropical Pacific, with descriptions of ten new species. J. Ichthyol. v. 44 (Suppl. 1): S1-S32.  Jordan, D. S. etc. 1901 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993
Specimen List	ASIZP0057266. ASIZP0057971. ASIZP0057972. ASIZP0060174. ASIZP0060863. ASIZP0060871. ASIZP0063628. ASIZP0065228. ASIZP0801150. ASIZP0900186. ASIZP0900383. ASIZP0901239. ASIZP0911150 . CAS28161. CAS35145. FRIP00243. FRIP00244. FRIP01379. NMMBP02814. NMMBP03509. NMMBP03535. NMMBP03703. NMMBP05704. NMMBP08838. NMMSTP00910. NTMP0059. NTMP0369. NTMP1130. NTMP1142. NTOU-AE5485. NTOU-AE5737. NTUM03105. SIO70-274j. USNM00217408. USNM00269766.
Common Name	Duck-billed eel
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body very elongate, tapering tail. BD. 48, HL. 11 in TL.; eye 11, snout 2.5 in HL.; Tail 2.8 in length of head and trunk. Jaws projected, lower jaw shorter than upper where intermaxillary teeth exposed. Snout pointed. Anterior nostrils in slits at snout tip. Posterior nostrils slits in front of eyes. Tongue fixed. Teeth small, caniniform. Intermaxillary teeth small canines forming a round bunch. Vomer with a row of 9-11 canines. Gill opening small. Pectoral fin absent. Origin of dorsal fin behind gill opening. Lateral line present, pores distinct. Color in formalin pale white, blackish in dorsal, snout and interorbital. Tail fin black posteriorly.
habitats	Deep-sea fishes.
Distribution	Western Pacific: Japan, Taiwan and the East China Sea to the South China Sea.
Utility	Low utility.