Scientific Name	Brachysomophis crocodilinus   Pronounce			by: ©Yin, Robert
Author	(Bennett, 1833)	Depth	0 - 30M
Chinese	鱷形短體蛇鰻	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	蛇鰻科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F081　Ophichthidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	鱷形短體鰻
Max Length	120 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	鰻仔、硬骨篡、篡仔、硬骨仔
Distribution in World	India Ocean to Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	South
Habitats	Coral、Benthos、Coastal、Lagoon、 Coral&Sand	Holotype Locality	Ambon, Moluccas/Maluku, Indonesia [Banda Sea, western Pacific] [original locality Mauritius]
Synonyms	Achirophichthys typus, Brachysomophis horridus, Brachysomophis sauropsis, Brachysonophis crocodilinus, Ophichthys crocodilinus, Ophisurus crocodilinus
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；Fishbase(2008)；McCosker, J.E. and J.E. Randall, 2001. Revision of the snake-eel genus Brachysomophis (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae), with description of two new species and comments on the species of Mystriophis. Indo-Pacific Fishes (33):1-32.  Bennett, E. T. 1833 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 John E. McCosker etc. 2001
Specimen List
Common Name	Reptilian snake eel; Crocodile snake eel; Crocodile snake-eel; Henshaw's snake eel
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
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