Scientific Name	Chilorhinus platyrhynchus   Pronounce			No picture was not be chosen to represent this species.
Author	(Norman, 1922)	Depth	200 - 400M
Chinese	扁吻唇鼻擬鯙	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	擬鯙科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F077　Chlopsidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	扁吻唇鼻鰻
Max Length	21.1 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	扁吻擬鯙、扁吻草鰻、草鰻
Distribution in World	India Ocean to Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	South
Habitats	Deep Sea、Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	New Britain Island, Bismarck Archipelago [Papua New Guinea, western Pacific].
Synonyms	Brachyconger platyrhynchus
Reference	陳餘鋆（2002）博士論文; Shao et al. (2008) A checklist of the fishes of southern Taiwan, Northern South China Sea.  Norman, J. R. 1922 Eugenia B. Bohlke, ed. 1989 Nakabo T. 2002 陳餘鋆 2002 Shao, K.T., H.C. Ho, P.L. Lin, P.F. Lee, M.Y. Lee, C.Y. Tsai, Y.C. Liao etc. 2008
Specimen List	USNM00269597. USNM00269600.
Common Name	Flat-nosed xenocongrid eel
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Pectoral fin absent.Teeth conical, premaxillary teeth 2 rows; teeth of jaws 1 or 2 rows, vomerine teeth 2 rows, folded under upper jaws. Dorsal fin origin behind gill slits; anal fin behind the anus; anus on the 1/2 of the body.Total length 16.7 of body depth, 5.5 of the head length; caudal length 1.1 of the length from head to trunk; head length 7.1 of snout length; snout length 1.5 of the diameter of eye. Body short, cylindrical, tail compressed. Lower jaws than upper jaw. Tongue fixed. Rictusin advance of rear margin of the eye. Gill slit small or medium. Rear end of dorsal and anal fin unelevated. Posterior nostril lateral, along the anterior margin of the eye. Adult's lateral side spotted.
habitats	Inhabit in sandy bottom of shallow waters to upper edge of continental slope. This species is almost the same size and body ratio with the Atlantic relative species Chilorhinus suensonii, which only different on vertebra no. (107-112 to 96-106) and collec
Distribution	West Pacific.
Utility	Currently, there isnot enough quantity for fishery.