Broadsnout False Moray
Chilorhinus platyrhynchus (Norman, 1922)
Also calledHashihiroanago (jpn) · pamurénovec ploskorypý (ces) · Плосконосый эндеконгер (rus) · ハシヒロアナゴ (jpn) · 扁吻唇鼻擬鯙 (zho) · 扁吻唇鼻鰻 (zho) · 扁吻擬鯙 (zho) · 扁吻草鰻 (zho) · 草鰻 (zho)
The flatnose xenocongrid eel, flat-nosed xenocongrid eel, or flat-nosed conger eel, Chilorhinus platyrhynchus, is an eel in the family Chlopsidae. It was described by John Roxborough Norman in 1922, originally under the genus Brachyconger. It is a tropical marine eel which is known from the Pacific Ocean. It typically dwells at depths from 5 to 25 m, and leads a benthic lifestyle. Males can reach a maximum standard length of 17.8 cm.
== References ==
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
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Remarks. This is a rare species represented by a few specimens collected by bottom trawl from southwestern Taiwan and two catalog records (three specimens total) in the USNM collection collected by rotenone off southern Taiwan.
Annotated checklist of eels (orders Anguilliformes and Saccopharyngiformes) from Taiwan
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Every page naming Chilorhinus platyrhynchus in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2405418.