Scientific Name	Bathyonus caudalis   Pronounce			by: Hsin-Ming Yeh & Tsung-Han Wu
Author	(Garman, 1899)	Depth	1524 - 4040M
Chinese	大尾深水鼬魚	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鼬鳚科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F222　Ophidiidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	大尾深水鼬鳚
Max Length	51.8 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	鼬魚
Distribution in World	India Ocean to Pan_Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	East、South West
Habitats	Deep Sea、Benthos	Holotype Locality	Off Central America, 5°30'N, 86°45'W, Albatross station 3366, depth 1067 fathoms
Synonyms	Mixonus caudalis
Reference	Yen, H. M., M. Y. Lee & K. T. Shao. 2005. Fifteen Taiwanese new records of Ophidiid fishes (Pisces: Ophidiidae) collected from the deep waters by the RV `Ocean Researcher I'. J. Fish. Sec. Taiwan, 32: 279-299；Nielsen, J.G., D.M. Cohen, D.F. Markle and C.R. Robins. 1999. Ophidiiform fishes of the world (Order Ophidiiformes). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of pearlfishes, cusk-eels, brotulas and other ophidiiform fishes known to date. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 125, Vol. 18. Rome, FAO, 178 p. 136 figs.  Nielsen, J. G., D. M. Cohen, D. F. Markle etc. 1999 Endo, H. etc. 2000 Endo, H., Y. Machida etc. 2000 Yeh, H.M., M.Y. Lee, etc. 2005
Specimen List	ASIZP0061773. ASIZP0063787. ASIZP0073636. ASIZP0073640. ASIZP0073641. ASIZP0073643. ASIZP0805064. ASIZP0805068. ASIZP0805069. ASIZP0805071. ASIZP0901410. ASIZP0915064. ASIZP0915068. ASIZP0915069. ASIZP0915071.
Common Name	Cusk eel
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
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