Scientific Name	Bathymyrus simus   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Smith, 1965	Depth	- 400M
Chinese	銼吻淵油鰻	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	糯鰻科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F086　Congridae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	銼吻淵油鰻(銼吻海康吉鰻)
Max Length	32.6 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	深海糯鰻、糯米鰻、穴子鰻、臭腥鰻、海鰻、沙鰻
Distribution in World	Australia	Distribution in Taiwan	South West、PonFu
Habitats	Deep Sea、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Moderately deep water, Vietnam
Synonyms
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)  Smith, J. L. B. 1965 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993
Specimen List	ASIZP0900335. NMMBP03512. NMMBP03555. NMMBP03646. NMMBP03655. NMMBP03680. NMMBP03696. NMMBP03722. NMMBP03738. NMMBP03779. NMMBP03780. NMMBP03787. NMMBP03820. NMMBP03825. NMMBP04458. NMMBP05789. NMMBP05790. NMMBP06115. NMMBP06118. NMMBP06163.
Common Name	Conger
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Pectoral fin well developed. Premaxillary teeth protude on tip of snout. Snout short. Preanal lateral-line pores less than 42, rictus till margin of eye. Posterior nostrils have flaps on the margin of lip. Unsegmented rays. Teeth conical; upper ja⁷s teeth in 2 rows, lower ja⁷s teeth anterior in 3 or 4 rows, Posterior in 2 rows, premaxillary teeth vomerine teeth separated, vomerine teeth anterior in bands. Dorsal fin origin above gill slit. Vertebrae 125-127. Total length 14.4 of body depth, 6.6 of head length; caudal length 1.7 of the length from head to trunk; head length 6.3 of snout length; snout length 0.9 of the diameter of eye; pectoral-fin length 1.6 f snout length. Dorsal and anal fin white. Body blunt, eye large, head large. Rear of caudal compressed. Tongue fixed. Anus on posterior half. Upper part of body light brown, pale below.
habitats	Inhabit in the sandy bottom of 300-600 meters deep.
Distribution	West Pacific‮ Its only found in southwestern waters in Taiwan.
Utility	No enough quantity for fishery.