Scientific Name	Gymnothorax chilospilus   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Bleeker, 1864	Depth	0 - 200M
Chinese	雲紋裸胸鯙	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鯙科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F079　Muraenidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	雲紋裸胸鱔
Max Length	40 cm	Aquarium Fish	Yes	Common Name	唇斑裸胸鯙、錢鰻、薯鰻、虎鰻、糬鰻(澎湖)、粉鰻(澎湖)
Distribution in World	India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	South、North、ShaoLiuChew、LanI Is.、Greeb IS.
Habitats	Coral、Coastal	Holotype Locality	East Indian Archipelago [Indonesia]
Synonyms	Lycodontis chilospilos, Lycodontis chilospilus
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；Chen, Shao & Chen (1994) review of muraenid eels (Family Muraenidae) from Taiwan with descriptions of twelve new records. Zoological studies 33(1):44-64；Bleeker, P. 1864. Poissons inédits indo-archipélagiques de l'ordre des Murènes. Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor de Dierkunde v. 2: 38-54.  P. Bleeker 1864 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Chen, H.-M., K.-T. Shao etc. 1994
Specimen List	ASIZP0054158. ASIZP0054708. ASIZP0056651. ASIZP0057949. ASIZP0057952. ASIZP0058328. ASIZP0058333. ASIZP0061379. ASIZP0062036. ASIZP0067290. ASIZP0067296. ASIZP0067305. ASIZP0070368. ASIZP0074616. ASIZP0802239. ASIZP0802240. ASIZP0802241. ASIZP0912239. ASIZP0912240. ASIZP0912241. BPBMI23095. BPBMI23275. BPBMI23336. FRIP20090. FRIP20361. NMMSTP00633. NTMP0676. NTOU-AE0230. NTOU-AE0232. NTUM07614. USNM00312330. USNM00312336. USNM00312337. USNM00312643. USNM00312644.
Barcode	2008-08-05,張榮樺,CO1,100% 2012-01-08,柯慧玲,CO1,100% 2012-01-08,柯慧玲,CO1,100%
Common Name	White-lippe moray eel; Lipspot moray
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	HL 7.0-8.3, DGO 12.9-17.0, TR 2.9-3.4 in TL, Vert 124-128. Body size medium, rarely exceeding 52 cm. Very variable body color, ground color from pale yellowish to brownish; with numerous irregular dark-brownish bars across the body, some bars connected and some separate. Each jaw pore within a whitish spot; posterior part of each side of lower jaw has a large white spot; blackish mouth corner.
habitats	Occurs in shallow coastal reef, usually found in less than 5 m water depth, but ranges to deep water reefs.
Distribution	Indo-Pacific:South Africa to the Hawaiian, north to the Ryukyu and Taiwan, south to northern Australia.
Utility	fisheries