背鰭 (合計): 146; 臀鰭: 112; 脊つい: 64 - 65. Developed gill raker 4. No scales on head; body scales elongated and at oblique angles to each other. Opercle and preopercle entire. Ventral fins, jugular with 2 separate rays; pectoral and caudal rounded (Ref. 43544).
Oviparous, with oval pelagic eggs floating in a gelatinous mass (Ref. 205).
Life cycle and mating behavior 成熟 | 繁殖 | 放精 | 卵 | 生産力 | 幼生
Chen, L.J. and K.-T. Shao, 1991. A review of the families Ophidiidae and Bythitidae from Taiwan. Bull. Inst. Zool. Academia Sinica 30 (1):9-18. (Ref. 43544)