brevicaudatus, Ophichthys Chu [Y.-T.], Wu [H.-L.] & Jin [X.-B.] 1981:23 [English p. 27], Fig. 3 [Journal of Fisheries of China v. 5 (no. 1); ref. 21250] Sangou Fishing Ground, Taiwan Strait. Holotype: Shanghai Fish. Coll. A07185. •Valid as Ophichthus brevicaudatus Chu, Wu & Jin 1981 -- (Tang & Zhang 2002:855 [ref. 26492], Tang & Zhang 2004:21 [ref. 27889], Zhang et al. 2010:345 [ref. 31511]). Current status: Valid as Ophichthus brevicaudatus Chu, Wu & Jin 1981. Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae. Distribution: Western North Pacific: China and Taiwan. Habitat: marine.