Scientific Name	Ophichthus lithinus			by: Hong-Ming Chen
Author	(Jordan & Richardson, 1908)	Depth	10 - 50M
Chinese	石蛇鰻	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	蛇鰻科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F081　Ophichthidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	石蛇鰻
Max Length	87 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	艾氏蛇鰻、鰻仔、硬骨篡、篡仔、硬骨仔、鰻(台東)
Distribution in World	Australia	Distribution in Taiwan	East、South、South West、North East、PonFu
Habitats	Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Kaohsiung (Takao), Taiwan
Synonyms	Leiuranus lithinus, Ophichthus evermanni, Ophichthys evermani
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；陳威立。 2006。臺灣東部海域蛇鰻科魚類之初步分類研究。國立臺灣海洋大學碩士論文。  Jordan, D. S. etc. 1909 朱元鼎 編 1985 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993
Specimen List	ASIZP0060063. ASIZP0060315. ASIZP0060864. ASIZP0066202. ASIZP0801626. ASIZP0802569. ASIZP0911626. ASIZP0912569. FMNH52118Holotype. FRIP22056. NMMBP06394. NMMBP06395. NMMBP06396. NTOU-AE2739. NTUM01519. NTUM01525.
Barcode	2008-08-05,張榮樺,CO1,100%
Common Name	Evermann's snake eel
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Snout short and blunt. Upper jaw longer than lower.Teeth conical; jaw teeth conical in 1 row; premaxillary teeth 4 to 5. Vomerine teeth conical, in 1 row. Dorsal fin origin behind pectoral. Vertebrae 151. Total length 33.0 of body depth, 11.9 of head length; caudal length 1.7 of the length from head to trunk; head length 5.5 of snout length; snout length 1.9 of diameter of eye. Anterior nostril tubule. Posterior rostril slit-like. Rictus beyond rear margin of eye. Tail end of dorsal and anal elevated. Caudal fin absent.Tongue fixed. Body light brown, pale below.
habitats	Inhabit in sandy botton below 150 meters deep.
Distribution	West Pacific.
Utility	No quantity for fishery need.