Macrocephenchelys brachialis

Macrocephenchelys brachialis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Anguilliformes
Family:Congridae
Genus:Macrocephenchelys
Species: M. brachialis
Binomial name
Macrocephenchelys brachialis
Fowler, 1934

Macrocephenchelys brachialis is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[1] It was described by Henry Weed Fowler in 1934.[2] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from two specimens collected in the Macassar Strait, in the western central Pacific Ocean. It is known to dwell at a depth of 672 metres (2,205 ft). Males can reach a total length of 50 centimetres (20 in).[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Macrocephenchelys brachialis Archived 2013-07-01 at Archive.is at www.fishbase.org.
  2. Fowler, H. W., 1934 (20 Jan.) [ref. 1416] Descriptions of new fishes obtained 1907 to 1910, chiefly in the Philippine Islands and adjacent seas. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 85 (for 1933): 233-367.


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