Scientific Name	Ophichthus urolophus   Pronounce			by: Hong-Ming Chen
Author	(Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)	Depth	- 100M
Chinese	裙鰭蛇鰻	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	蛇鰻科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F081　Ophichthidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	裙鰭蛇鰻
Max Length	60 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	鰻仔、硬骨篡、篡仔、硬骨仔、裾蛇鰻
Distribution in World	India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	East、West、South、South West、North、North East、PonFu
Habitats	Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Japan
Synonyms	Conger urolophus
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；陳威立。 2006。臺灣東部海域蛇鰻科魚類之初步分類研究。國立臺灣海洋大學碩士論文。  Böhlke, J. E. 1956 Eugenia B. Bohlke, ed. 1989 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993
Specimen List	ASIZP0060183. ASIZP0060200. ASIZP0061595. ASIZP0062337. ASIZP0062396. ASIZP0063098. ASIZP0067964. ASIZP0068158. ASIZP0075090. ASIZP0803725. ASIZP0803919. ASIZP0900376. ASIZP0913725. ASIZP0913919. FRIP00764. FRIP01213. NMMBP02846. NMMBP02867. NMMBP05791. NMMSTP01532. NTMP0467. NTMP0696. NTUM04883. SIO69-401.
Common Name	Snake eel
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Snout short and blunt. Upper jaw longer than lower.Teeth conical; jaw teeth conical in 1 rows; premaxillary teeth 4, arrange in half a circle. Vomerine teeth anterior 5 in 2 rows, posterior in 1 row. Dorsal fin origin behind gill slit. Vertebrae 133-142. Total length 25.3-26.9 of body depth, 8.6-10 of head length; caudal length 1.3-1.4 of the length from head to trunk; head length 5.6 of snout length; snout length 1.7 of the diameter of the eye. Anterior nostril tubule, posterior rostril slit-like. Rictus beyond rear margin of eye. End of dorsal and anal elevated. Caudal fin absent.Tongue fixed. Body light brown, pale below. Dorsal fin brown with whitish end, anal fin white.
habitats	Inhabit in the sandy bottoms below 400 neters deep.
Distribution	Indo-pacific.
Utility	Lots of quantity but no fishery need.