Kingdom Animalia Class Actinopterygii Family Congridae Rank Species | Phylum Chordata Order Anguilliformes Genus Macrocephenchelys | |
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The Rubbernose conger (Macrocephenchelys brevirostris) is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). It was described by Johnson T. F. Chen and Herman Ting-Chen Weng in 1967, originally under the genus Rhynchoconger. 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 metres (120 ft).
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