Scientific Name	Cirrhimuraena chinensis   Pronounce			by: ©H. Weng
Author	Kaup, 1856	Depth	1 - 20M
Chinese	中華鬚蛇鰻	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	蛇鰻科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F081　Ophichthidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	中華鬚鰻
Max Length	29.5 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	中國鬚蛇鰻、鰻仔、硬骨篡、篡仔、硬骨仔
Distribution in World	Australia	Distribution in Taiwan	West、South West、North
Habitats	Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	China
Synonyms	Ophisurus polyodon
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；中國動物誌-硬骨魚綱鰻鱺目 背棘魚目(張春光等, 2010)  Böhlke, J. E. 1956 Eugenia B. Bohlke, ed. 1989 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993
Specimen List	ASIZP0070183. NMMBP05584. NTMP0847.
Common Name	Snake eel
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Upper jaw longer than lower, upper nostril tubule, posterior nostril slit-like. Dorsal fin and anal fin posterior fin-ray longer. Pectoral fin well developed. Teeth small, conical, premaxillary teeth 3 or 4 rows. Teeth of lower jaw irregular 2 rows. Vomerine teeth 2 rows. Dorsal fin origin behind gill slit. Total legnth 43.5 of body depth 8.9 of head length; caudal length1.8 of the length from head to trunk; head length 4.4 of snout length; snout length 2.9 of the diameter of the eye. Pectoral-fin length 1.7 of snout length. Body slender,snout pointed, eye small. Rictas over the posteriormargin of the eye. Anus locate on the 2/5 part of the body. Anus fin closely behind the anus. Chips present on the margins of the upper lip. Body color brown. .
habitats	Inhabit in sandy bottom of 100 neters deep.
Distribution	West-pacific
Utility	No enough quantity for fishery.