Scientific Name	Myrichthys colubrinus   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Boddaert, 1781)	Depth	1 - 20M
Chinese	斑竹花蛇鰻	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	蛇鰻科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F081　Ophichthidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	斑竹花蛇鰻
Max Length	97 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	鰻仔、硬骨篡、篡仔、硬骨仔、竹節花蛇鰻、竹節鰻
Distribution in World	India Ocean to Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	South、ShaoLiuChew
Habitats	Coral、Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Ambon Island [Moluccas/Maluku, Indonesia, Banda Sea, western Pacific]
Synonyms	Chlevastes colubrinus, Chlevastes elaps, Dussumeiria elapsoides, Gymnothorax colubrinus, Muraena annulata, Muraena colubrina, Muraena fasciata, Myrichthys bleekeri, Myrichthys colubrina, Myrichtys colubrinus, Ophichthys elapsoides, Ophisurus alternans, Ophisurus fasciatus ...all 14..
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) ；Fishbase(2012)  Boddaert, P. 1781 Böhlke, J. E. 1956 Eugenia B. Bohlke, ed. 1989 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993
Specimen List	ASIZP0055024. ASIZP0056431. ASIZP0059998. NMMBP05082. NMMBP05083. NMMBP05084. NTUM02257. NTUM02258. NTUM02259. ZMH12542.
Common Name	Ringed snake-eel; Banded snake eel; Broadnose worm eel; Harlequin snake eel
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Snout short, pointed. Anus on the anterior half. Upper jaw longer than lower jaw in 2 rows, teeth molariform or granular. Dorsal fin origin in advance of gill slit. Vertebrae 197-201. Total length 36.5 of body depth, 14.6 of head; caudal length 1.4 of the length from head to trunk; head length 5.0 of snout length; snout length 1.4 of the diameter of the eye. Eye large. Rictus beyond rear of eye. Dorsal and anal end far from tip of tail. Body brownish-white with 24 to 34 jet black rings. Caudal fin absent. Tips of snout tail white.
habitats	Inhabit in the sandy bottom of coral reef.
Distribution	Indian and West pacific.
Utility	No enough quantity for fishery.