Scientific Name	Ophichthus aphotistos   Pronounce			by: Cheng-Yi Tsai
Author	McCosker & Chen, 2000	Depth	700 - 800M
Chinese	暗鰭蛇鰻	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	蛇鰻科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F081　Ophichthidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	暗鰭蛇鰻
Max Length	58 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	深海黑體蛇鰻、鰻仔、硬骨篡、篡仔、硬骨仔
Distribution in World	Taiwan [Endemic in Taiwan]	Distribution in Taiwan	South West
Habitats	Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Tung-Kong [Tongkang] Channel, southwestern Taiwan, 22°22'N, 120°19'E, depth 700-800 meters
Synonyms
Reference	McCosker & Chen (2000) A new species of deepwater snake-eel, Ophichthus aphotistos, with comments on Neenchelys retropinna (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from Taiwan. Ichthyol. Res. 47(4):353-357.  McCosker, J. E. etc. 2000
Specimen List	ASIZP0063657. ASIZP0064287. CAS209192Holotype. USNM00356862Paratype.
Barcode	,,CO1,100%
Common Name	Dark deepwater snake-eel
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Head moderate; Snout pointed extending over lower jaws, Teeth conical or sharp, all in one row; premaxillary teeth four, in half a circle, vomerinr teeth anterior 5 large, posterior in a row. Dorsal fin origin above midpoint of pectoral fin. Vertebral formula 18-59-161. Total length 25.3-26.9 of body depth, 8.6-10.0 of head length; head length 5.6 of snout length; snout length 1.7 of diameter of eye. Anterior nostril tubule, posterior nostril slit-like, Rictus beyond rear edge of eye. Posterior of Dorsal and Anal elevated. Pectoral fin small; caudal fin absent. Body deep brown, edge of dorsal white, anal white.
habitats	Inhabit in sandy bottom of continental slope.
Distribution	Taiwan waters.
Utility	No enough quantity for fishery.