Species: Aplatophis chauliodus, Fang-toothed snake eel, Tusky eel

Aplatophis chauliodus Böhlke, 1956

Tusky eel, Fang-toothed snake eel

Body stout, not elongate, compressed at rear; head and trunk slightly longer than tail (51-54% of TL); head long and deep behind mouth; snout short, upper head profile concave; eye small, low on head above and a little before middle of mouth; front nostril tubular, rear nostril a tube before and beneath eye; jaws elongate, the lower one projecting; front teeth on both jaws developed as very large fangs extending outside mouth when closed; jaw teeth in two rows, teeth on roof of mouth few, a single series that joins those at front of jaws; tongue developed as a fleshy lure; a short barbel below eye; gill opening vertical, elongate, on side; dorsal fin origin behind pectoral tips; pectoral fins pointed, with narrow base;  tail tip blunt, finless; lateral line complete, lines of each side of head connected by 2 canals with across top of head.