Scientific Name	Ariosoma major   Pronounce			by: Yung-Hsu Chang, Hong-Ming Chen
Author	(Asano, 1958)	Depth	20 - 200M
Chinese	大錐體糯鰻	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	糯鰻科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F086　Congridae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	大美體鰻(大奇鰻)
Max Length	53 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	糯米鰻、穴子鰻、臭腥鰻、海鰻、沙鰻
Distribution in World	North West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	East、North East
Habitats	Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Off Shibushi, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
Synonyms	Alloconger shiroanago, Alloconger shiroanago major, Ariosoma shiroanago major
Reference	Fishbase(2012);張詠絮（2011）臺灣海域糯鰻之分類研究，國立臺灣海洋大學碩士學位論文。   Asano, H. 1958
Specimen List	ASIZP0054463. ASIZP0056620. ASIZP0060858. FRIP20314. NTOU-AE5498. NTOU-AE5642. NTOU-AE5643. NTUM06276.
Common Name	Sand conger
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Pectoral well developed, caudal present. No spots on upper and lower sides after rear margin of eye. Premaxillary teeth protrude when mouth closed. Rictus in advance of the middle of eye, or 1/2 of pectoral fin. Gill slit large; posterior nostril without flaps, fin rays unsegmented. Teeth conical,†jaws teeth anterior 3-4 rows, posterior in one row; vomerine teeth anterior 2-3 rows, posterior in 1 row; premaxillary teeth connected with vomerine teeth. Dorsal fin origin above gill slit. Vertebrae 143. Total length 17.7 of body depth, 6.5 of head length; caudal length 1.3 of the length from head to trunk; head length 4.7 of snout length; snout length 1.1of diameter of eye; pectoral fin 2.1 of snout length.Eye large; snout short; tongue wide, free. Caudal compressed. Body brown, dorsal and anal black.
habitats	Inhabit in sandy bottoms of continental shelf.
Distribution	Indo-Pacific.
Utility	No enough quantity for fishery, caught by benthic