FB-59373 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=59373 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Gobiiformes Gobiidae Awaous Awaous bustamantei (Greeff, 1882) Ophichthys woosuitingi Chen, 1929 2002-04-08 2024-03-27 Smith, D.G. and J.E. McCosker0 Ophichthidae. Snake eels, worm eels. p. 1662-1669. In K.E. Carpenter and V.H. Niem (eds.) FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the WCP. Vol. 3. Batoid fishes, chimaeras and bony fishes part 1 (Elopidae to Linophrynidae). FAO, Rome. (Ref. 39782) McCosker, J.E.0 The osteology, classification and relationships of the eel family Ophichthidae. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 41(1):123 p. (Ref. 40911) Eschmeyer, W.N. (ed.)0 Catalog of fishes. Updated database version of December 2001. Catalog databases as made available to FishBase in December 2001. (Ref. 40966) Carpenter, K.E. and V.H. Niem (eds.)0 The living marine resources of the western central Pacific. Vol. 3, Batoid fishes, chimaeras and bony fishes part 1 (Elopidae to Linophrynidae). FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. p. 1397-2068. Rome, FAO. (Ref. 68287) IUCN0 The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2022-2. <https://www.iucnredlist.org/>. Downloaded 10 Jan 2023. (Ref. 126983) Beolens, B., M. Grayson and M. Watkins0 Eponym dictionary of Fishes. Dunbeath, Caithness (Scotland, UK): Whittles Publishing Limited, 1300 p. (Ref. 128868) Vo, Q.V., Y. Hibino, H.-C. Ho, T.T.T. Le and Y.G. Seah0 Two new snake eels (Anguilliformes, Ophichthidae, Ophichthus) from Viet Nam, with redescriptions of <i>O. macrochir</i> (Bleeker) and <i>O. rutidoderma</i> (Bleeker). ZooKeys 1231:311-329. (Ref. 133101) FB-DiagnosticDescr-59379 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 2013-02-20 00:00:00 2025-03-26 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=59379 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution According to Chen (1929), the species has the following morphological features (viewed to be similar to O. macrochir, Ref. 133101): strongly wrinkled body; head 6.0% TL; body depth1.4% TL (70.8 in TL); eye 6.2% HL; snout 18.7% HL; pectoral-fin length ~ 20% HL; dorsal-fin origin slightly behind the tip of pectoral fin; SO ?1 (ethmoid not obvious) + 4, POM 5 + 2; preanal lateral-line pores 68; teeth on maxilla mostly uniserial, on mandible is biserial; teeth on vomer bi- or triserial. Colouration: body color uniformly blackish (Ref. 133101). Vo, Q.V., Y. Hibino, H.-C. Ho, T.T.T. Le and Y.G. Seah 2025 Two new snake eels (Anguilliformes, Ophichthidae, Ophichthus) from Viet Nam, with redescriptions of <i>O. macrochir</i> (Bleeker) and <i>O. rutidoderma</i> (Bleeker). ZooKeys 1231:311-329. (Ref. 133101) FB-Distribution-59379 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2002-04-08 00:00:00 2025-03-26 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=59379 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Western Pacific. Smith, D.G. and J.E. McCosker 1997 Ophichthidae. Snake eels, worm eels. p. 1662-1669. In K.E. Carpenter and V.H. Niem (eds.) FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the WCP. Vol. 3. Batoid fishes, chimaeras and bony fishes part 1 (Elopidae to Linophrynidae). FAO, Rome. (Ref. 39782) FB-Uses-59379 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2002-04-08 00:00:00 2002-04-08 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=59379 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat fisheries: of no interest FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ John E. Randall General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-59379 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2002-04-08 00:00:00 2002-04-08 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ John E. Randall General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=59379 demersal; marine