Rubbernose conger

Species of fish

Rubbernose conger

Scientific classification
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[edit]

1. ^ Synonyms of Macrocephenchelys brevirostris at www.fishbase.org.
2. ^ a b [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.

Taxon identifiers

Macrocephenchelys brevirostris|

* Wikidata: Q2622994
* Wikispecies: Macrocephenchelys brevirostris
* AFD: Macrocephenchelys_brevirostris
* BOLD: 402017
* CoL: 3X3HM
* FishBase: 10560
* GBIF: 2403445
* iNaturalist: 612013
* IRMNG: 10452004
* ITIS: 635872
* IUCN: 199116
* NCBI: 1522380
* WoRMS: 281476

Rhynchoconger brevirostris|

* Wikidata: Q106437158
* CoL: 4SRND
* GBIF: 2403446
* IRMNG: 11386636
* ITIS: 635723
* WoRMS: 308257

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