FB-70298 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70298 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Acropomatiformes Acropomatidae Acropoma Acropoma heemstrai Okamoto & Golani, 2017 2023-09-28 2023-09-28 Kodeeswaran, P., D.G. Smith, T.T.A. Kumar and U.K. Sarkar0 A new species of the conger eel genus Macrocephenchelys from deep waters of the Arabian Sea. J. Fish Biol. 103(1):130-135. [First published online, pp. 1-6, 12 May 2023. Volume, issue and pages added 5 July 2023.] (Ref. 129311) FB-DiagnosticDescr-70308 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2023-10-02 00:00:00 2023-10-02 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70308 This elongated species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: head large, 15.3% of TL, 53.2% of PAL (pre-anal length); trunk short, 13.6% of TL, 47.3% of PAL; gill opening, 15.3% of HL; dorsal-fin origin above, behind the middle of pectoral fin; vertebrae 14-30-151. Colouration: dorsal surface of body dark brown and continuing after anus to cover most of the body; ventral surface of head and belly with numerous melanophore patches before anus; dorsal and anal fins are milky white; ventral trunk part with a couple of small round pit-like structures in a row on each side (Ref. 129312). Kodeeswaran, P., D.G. Smith, T.T.A. Kumar and U.K. Sarkar 2023 A new species of the conger eel genus Macrocephenchelys from deep waters of the Arabian Sea. J. Fish Biol. 103(1):130-135. [First published online, pp. 1-6, 12 May 2023. Volume, issue and pages added 5 July 2023.] (Ref. 129311) FB-Distribution-70308 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2023-10-02 00:00:00 2023-10-02 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70308 Indian Ocean: Arabian Sea, India (off Kochi); possibly distributed in the Andaman Sea. Kodeeswaran, P., D.G. Smith, T.T.A. Kumar and U.K. Sarkar 2023 A new species of the conger eel genus Macrocephenchelys from deep waters of the Arabian Sea. J. Fish Biol. 103(1):130-135. [First published online, pp. 1-6, 12 May 2023. Volume, issue and pages added 5 July 2023.] (Ref. 129311) FB-Size-70308 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2023-10-02 00:00:00 2023-10-02 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70308 44.1 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 129311)) Kodeeswaran, P., D.G. Smith, T.T.A. Kumar and U.K. Sarkar 2023 A new species of the conger eel genus Macrocephenchelys from deep waters of the Arabian Sea. J. Fish Biol. 103(1):130-135. [First published online, pp. 1-6, 12 May 2023. Volume, issue and pages added 5 July 2023.] (Ref. 129311) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-70308 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2023-10-02 00:00:00 2023-10-02 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70308 bathydemersal; marine; depth range 200 - 300 m (Ref. 129311) Kodeeswaran, P., D.G. Smith, T.T.A. Kumar and U.K. Sarkar 2023 A new species of the conger eel genus Macrocephenchelys from deep waters of the Arabian Sea. J. Fish Biol. 103(1):130-135. [First published online, pp. 1-6, 12 May 2023. Volume, issue and pages added 5 July 2023.] (Ref. 129311)