Scientific Name	Phyllophichthus xenodontus			No picture was not be chosen to represent this species.
Author	Gosline, 1951	Depth	8 - 30M
Chinese	葉鼻蛇鰻	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	蛇鰻科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F081　Ophichthidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	葉鼻蛇鰻
Max Length	42 cmTL	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	鰻仔、硬骨篡、篡仔、硬骨仔
Distribution in World	India Ocean to Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	South West
Habitats	Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Hauula Park, Oahu Island, Hawaiian Islands
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Reference	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	USNM00314694.
Common Name	Flappy snake-eel
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
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