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Ophichthus woosuitingi Chen, 1929 |
| Family: | Ophichthidae (Snake eels), subfamily: Ophichthinae | |||
| Max. size: | ||||
| Environment: | demersal; marine | |||
| Distribution: | Western Pacific. | |||
| Diagnosis: | 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 depth 1.4% 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). | |||
| Biology: | ||||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Data deficient (DD); Date assessed: 02 December 2019 Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||