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Congridae (Conger and garden eels) > Congrinae
Etymology: Macrocephenchelys: Greek, makros = great + Greek,kephale = head + Greek, enchelys, -yos = eel (Ref. 45335); nigriventris: Name from Latin 'nigri-' for black, dark, and '-ventris' for under side, belly, referring to the conspicuous black pigment on the posterior abdomen and anus.
Environnement : milieu / zone climatique / profondeur / gamme de distribution
Écologie
marin bathydémersal; profondeur 100 - 120 m (Ref. 129313). Subtropical
Northwestern Pacific: Taiwan.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturité: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 24.1 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 129313)
Description synthétique
Clés d'identification | Morphologie | Morphométrie
This species is distinguished by the following characters: body robust and with fleshy papillae on the head and sensory pits on the ventral surface of head and body; with conspicuous patch of melanophores around the anus; preanal length 24.4-28.0 %TL; pre-anal lateral-line pores 19-24, 2 mandibular pores; vertebrae 125-135; posterior dorsal-fin origin over tip of pectoral fin (Ref. 129313).
Cross section: oval.
Four adult females of the 28 specimens taken from northeastern and southwestern Taiwan were with mature ovary and eggs at small body size (180–221 mm) (Ref. 129313).
Cycle de vie et comportement reproducteur
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
Lin, J., K.-T. Shao 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)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
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Estimations basées sur des modèles
Indice de diversité phylogénétique (Réf. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5312 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.00062 (0.00028 - 0.00135), b=3.19 (3.01 - 3.37), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Niveau trophique (Réf. 69278) |
3.7 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Résilience (Réf. 120179) |
Haut, temps minimum de doublement de population inférieur à 15 mois (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
Vulnérabilité de la pêche (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (22 of 100). 🛈 |