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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.
Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución
Ecología
marino batidemersal; rango de profundidad 100 - 120 m (Ref. 129313). Subtropical
Northwestern Pacific: Taiwan.
Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 24.1 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 129313)
Descripción breve
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
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).
Ciclo vital y comportamiento de apareamiento
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
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)
Situación en la Lista Roja de la UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Amenaza para el ser humano
Harmless
Usos humanos
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Estimaciones basadas en modelos
Índice de diversidad filogenética (Referencia 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). |
Nivel trófico (Referencia 69278) |
3.7 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Resiliencia (Referencia 120179) |
Alto, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo inferior a 15 meses (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
Vulnerabilidad pesquera (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (22 of 100). 🛈 |