Biology:Rubbernose conger

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Rubbernose conger
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Congridae
Genus: Macrocephenchelys
Species:
M. brevirostris
Binomial name
Macrocephenchelys brevirostris
(Chen & Weng, 1967)
Synonyms[1]
  • Rhynchoconger brevirostris Chen & Weng, 1967

The Rubbernose conger (Macrocephenchelys brevirostris) is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[2] It was described by Johnson T. F. Chen and Herman Ting-Chen Weng in 1967, originally under the genus Rhynchoconger.[3] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the western Pacific Ocean, including Taiwan and Australia . It dwells at a depth range of 280 to 440 metres (920 to 1,440 ft). Males can reach a maximum total length of 36.7 centimetres (1.20 ft).[2]

References

  1. ↑ Synonyms of Macrocephenchelys brevirostris at www.fishbase.org.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 [1] at www.fishbase.org.
  3. ↑ Chen, J. T. F. and H. T. C. Weng, 1967 (Oct.) [ref. 7952] A review of the Apodal fishes of Taiwan. Biological Bulletin Tunghai University Ichthyology Series Number 6 No. 32: 1-86.

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