FB-70526 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70526 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Perciformes/Scorpaenoidei Platycephalidae Platycephalus Platycephalus australis Imamura, 2015 Giraffe-spotted snake eel Kirin-umihebi-zoku 2024-03-07 2024-03-07 McCosker, J.E. and M. Okamoto0 <i>Chauligenion camelopardalis</i>, a new genus and species of deepwater snake eel (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from the East China Sea. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 63(9):321-328. (Ref. 129451) FB-DiagnosticDescr-70535 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-03-11 00:00:00 2024-03-11 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70535 This species is distinguished by the following characters: tail 53% of TL; snout and tail tip are pointed; chin in advance of the snout tip; dorsal fin arising above gill opening; median fins are low; no pectoral fin; eye moderate, 10.8 in head and behind middle of upper jaw; cephalic pores are small but apparent, preopercular 3, supratemporal 3; teeth small, conical, numerous and densely packed on jaws, irregularly biserial on vomer. Colouration: yellowish-tan overlain with 2 rows of 70-75 eye-sized brown spots; vertebral formula 9/82/186 (Ref. 129451). McCosker, J.E. and M. Okamoto 2016 <i>Chauligenion camelopardalis</i>, a new genus and species of deepwater snake eel (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from the East China Sea. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 63(9):321-328. (Ref. 129451) FB-Distribution-70535 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-03-11 00:00:00 2024-03-11 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70535 Northwest Pacific: East China Sea. McCosker, J.E. and M. Okamoto 2016 <i>Chauligenion camelopardalis</i>, a new genus and species of deepwater snake eel (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from the East China Sea. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 63(9):321-328. (Ref. 129451) FB-Uses-70535 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-03-11 00:00:00 2024-08-16 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70535 fisheries: bycatch FB-Size-70535 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-03-11 00:00:00 2024-08-16 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70535 40.7 cm TL (female) McCosker, J.E. and M. Okamoto 2016 <i>Chauligenion camelopardalis</i>, a new genus and species of deepwater snake eel (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from the East China Sea. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 63(9):321-328. (Ref. 129451) 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/ 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-70535 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-03-11 00:00:00 2024-08-16 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70535 benthopelagic; marine; depth range ? - 150 m (Ref. 129451) McCosker, J.E. and M. Okamoto 2016 <i>Chauligenion camelopardalis</i>, a new genus and species of deepwater snake eel (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from the East China Sea. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 63(9):321-328. (Ref. 129451)