Ophichthus fasciatus is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).Ophichthus fasciatus at www.fishbase.org. It was described by Chu Yuan-Ting and Jin Xin-Bo in 1981, originally under the genus Microdonophis.Chu, Y.-T., H.-L. Wu and X.-B. Jin 1981 (Mar.) [ref. 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, subtropical eel which is known from the northwestern Pacific Ocean, including China and the Peng-hu Islands. Males can reach a maximum total length of .
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