''Ophichthus brevicaudatus'' is an

eel Eels are ray-finned fish belonging to the order Anguilliformes (), which consists of eight suborders, 19 families, 111 genera, and about 800 species. Eels undergo considerable development from the early larval stage to the eventual adult stage ...

in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).''Ophichthus brevicaudatus''
at www.fishbase.org. It was described by

Chu Yuan-Ting Chu or CHU may refer to: Chinese history * Chu (state) (c. 1030 BC–223 BC), a state during the Zhou dynasty * Western Chu (206 BC–202 BC), a state founded and ruled by Xiang Yu * Chu Kingdom (Han dynasty) (201 BC–70 AD), a kingdom of the H ...

, Wu Han-Lin and

Jin Xin-Bo Jin is a toneless pinyin romanization of various Chinese names and words. These have also been romanized as Kin and Chin (Wade–Giles). "Jin" also occurs in Japanese and Korean. It may refer to: States Jìn 晉 * Jin (Chinese state) (晉國), ...

in 1981.Chu, Y.-T. , H.-L. Wu and X.-B. Jin, 1981 (Mar.) ef. 21250''Four new species of the families Ophichthyidae and Neenchelidae.'' Journal of Fisheries of China v. 5 (no. 1): 21-27. It is a

marine Marine is an adjective meaning of or pertaining to the sea or ocean. Marine or marines may refer to: Ocean * Maritime (disambiguation) * Marine art * Marine biology * Marine debris * Marine habitats * Marine life * Marine pollution Military * ...

subtropical The subtropical zones or subtropics are geographical zone, geographical and Köppen climate classification, climate zones to the Northern Hemisphere, north and Southern Hemisphere, south of the tropics. Geographically part of the Geographical z ...

eel which is known from its type locality in the

Taiwan Strait The Taiwan Strait is a -wide strait separating the island of Taiwan and continental Asia. The strait is part of the South China Sea and connects to the East China Sea to the north. The narrowest part is wide. The Taiwan Strait is itself a s ...

, in the northwestern

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brevicaudatus Taxa named by Chu Yuan-Ting Taxa named by Wu Han-Lin Taxa named by Jin Xin-Bo Fish described in 1981 {{Anguilliformes-stub