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Macrocephenchelys brachialis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Actinopterygii

Family
  
Congridae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Anguilliformes

Genus
  
Macrocephenchelys

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Macrocephenchelys brachialis is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). It was described by Henry Weed Fowler in 1934. 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).

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