Taiwan Fish Database

Fish Collection of the Smithsonian Institution - Division of Fishes (collected from Taiwan)

Collection ID:

USNM00356862

Scientific Name:

Ophichthus aphotistos

Author:

McCosker & Chen, 2000

Parts:

Family:

Ophichthidae

Length:

577mmSL

Family ID:

F081

Weight:

Amount:

Type:

Paratype

Preserved in:

Ethanol

Temp.:

Room Temp.　

Collect Date:

1999-02-20

Gear:

Growth:

Collector:

Y.-Y. Chen

Identifier:

McCosker & Chen/2000

Iden. Date:

Longitude:

Depth:

700-800

Keyin Date:

2008-01-08

Latitude:

Coord. Uncertainty:

Modi. Date:

2008-03-18

Locality:

Taiwan: Tong-Kong Channel

Remarks:	Collected with hagfish trap; 628 mm tl, female.
memo:	McCosker, J. E. and Y.-Y. Chen. 2000. A new species of deepwater snake-eel, Ophichthus aphotistos, with comments on Neenchelys retropinna (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from Taiwan. Ichth. Research v. 47 (no. 4): 353-357.

Accepted Name: Ophichthus aphotistos

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