Scientific Name	Ophichthus machidai			No picture was not be chosen to represent this species.
Author	McCosker, Ide & Endo, 2012	Depth	40 - 80M
Chinese	町田氏蛇鰻	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	蛇鰻科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F081　Ophichthidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	町田氏蛇鰻
Max Length	67.2 cmTL	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	鰻仔、硬骨篡、篡仔、硬骨仔
Distribution in World	North West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	South West、North East
Habitats	Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	West of Tosa Bay, Saga fish market, Kuroshio-chu, Kochi Prefecture, Japan
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Reference	1. McCosker, J. E., S. Ide and H. Endo (2012) Three new species of ophichthid eels (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from Japan. Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science (Ser. A) Supplement No. 6: 1-16；2. Ho, H. C., D. G. Smith, J. E. McCosker, Y. Hibino, K. H. Loh, K. A. Tighe and K. T. Shao (2015) Annotated checklist of eels (orders Anguilliformes and Saccopharyngiformes) from Taiwan. Zootaxa 4060 (no. 1): 140-189.
Specimen List	ASIZP0060018. ASIZP0062397. ASIZP0806574.
Common Name	Machida's snake eel
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
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