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Congridae (Conger and garden eels) > Congrinae
Etymology: Macrocephenchelys: Greek, makros = great + Greek,kephale = head + Greek, enchelys, -yos = eel (Ref. 45335).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
marino batidemersale; distribuzione batimetrica 280 - 440 m (Ref. 54804). Tropical
Northwest Pacific: Taiwan. Records from the Philippines, Australia, and New Caledonia needs further confirmation.
Size / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 36.7 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 54804)
Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 256 - 300; Raggi anali molli: 184 - 240; Vertebre: 151 - 155. Diagnosis: The snout is blunt; length of pectoral fins 49-55% of head length. Origin of dorsal fin above the end of pectoral fin. Vertebrae 151-155; trunk vertebrae 38-41. Lateral line pores to anus 25-28. Dorsal fin rays 256-300; anal fin rays 184-240 (Ref. 54804).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Riproduzione | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larve
Lin, J., Shao. K.-T. and D.G. Smith, 2018. The eel genus Macrocephenchelys (Anguilliformes: Congridae) in Taiwan, with description of a new species. Zootaxa 4454(1):186-199. (Ref. 129313)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES (Ref. 128078)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
115969): 8.4 - 17.2, mean 11.8 (based on 99 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.7500 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00062 (0.00028 - 0.00136), b=3.19 (3.00 - 3.38), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.8 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilienza (Ref.
120179): Alto, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione meno di 15 mesi (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low to moderate vulnerability (27 of 100).