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Class: Teleostei
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Congridae Conger and garden eels
Subfamily: Congrinae
Genus: Macrocephenchelys

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Photo by National Museum of Marine Science and Technology, Taiwan

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 80 cm TL
Macrocephenchelys brachialis Fowler, 1934

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Macrocephenchelys brachialis
[]

Photo by Shao, K.T.

Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 36.7 cm TL
Macrocephenchelys brevirostris (Chen & Weng, 1967)

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Macrocephenchelys brevirostris
[Rubbernose conger]
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Max. Length 24.1 cm TL

 
Macrocephenchelys nigriventris
[]
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Max. Length 29.8 cm SL

 
Macrocephenchelys soela
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Max. Length 44.1 cm TL

 
Macrocephenchelys sumodi
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Macrocephenchelys brachialis Indo-West Pacific 80 TL 1934
Macrocephenchelys brevirostris Rubbernose conger Northwest Pacific 36.7 TL 1967
Macrocephenchelys nigriventris Northwestern Pacific 24.1 TL 2018
Macrocephenchelys soela Western Pacific 29.8 SL 1990
Macrocephenchelys sumodi Indian Ocean 44.1 TL 2023



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