FB-70492 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70492 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Syngnathiformes Syngnathidae Festucalex Festucalex armillatus Prokofiev, 2016 Smith's longnose conger eel 2024-01-22 2024-01-22 Beolens, B., M. Grayson and M. Watkins0 Eponym dictionary of Fishes. Dunbeath, Caithness (Scotland, UK): Whittles Publishing Limited, 1300 p. (Ref. 128868) Mohapatra, A., H.-C. Ho, S. Acharya, D. Ray and S.S. Mishra0 A new congrid eel, <i>Rhynchoconger smithi</i> sp. nov. (Anguilliformes: Congridae), from the Bay of Bengal, India. J. Fish Biol. 100(6):1335-1344. (Ref. 130180) FB-DiagnosticDescr-70501 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-01-23 00:00:00 2024-01-23 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70501 This species is distinguished by the following characters: head smaller than trunk; eye small, diameter 2.0-2.2 in snout length; rictus reaching to level of the posterior margin of pupil; preanal length more than three times in TL; ethmovomerine teeth patch is broad, with 58-74 blunt teeth arranged in 7-8 irregular rows; vomerine teeth patch is small, with 18-28 granular teeth arranged in 4-6 irregular rows, distinctly separated by narrow spaces from the ethmovomerine and maxillary teeth; supra orbital pores 3 with one supra temporal pore; vertebrae: predorsal 6-7, preanal 32-33 and total 159+ - 164+ (Ref. 130180). Mohapatra, A., H.-C. Ho, S. Acharya, D. Ray and S.S. Mishra 2022 A new congrid eel, <i>Rhynchoconger smithi</i> sp. nov. (Anguilliformes: Congridae), from the Bay of Bengal, India. J. Fish Biol. 100(6):1335-1344. (Ref. 130180) FB-Morphology-70501 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-01-23 00:00:00 2024-01-23 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70501 Vertebrae: 159 Mohapatra, A., H.-C. Ho, S. Acharya, D. Ray and S.S. Mishra 2022 A new congrid eel, <i>Rhynchoconger smithi</i> sp. nov. (Anguilliformes: Congridae), from the Bay of Bengal, India. J. Fish Biol. 100(6):1335-1344. (Ref. 130180) FB-Distribution-70501 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-01-23 00:00:00 2024-01-23 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70501 Eastern Indian Ocean: northern Bay of Bengal (West), India. Mohapatra, A., H.-C. Ho, S. Acharya, D. Ray and S.S. Mishra 2022 A new congrid eel, <i>Rhynchoconger smithi</i> sp. nov. (Anguilliformes: Congridae), from the Bay of Bengal, India. J. Fish Biol. 100(6):1335-1344. (Ref. 130180) FB-Size-70501 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-01-23 00:00:00 2024-01-23 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70501 66.1 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 130180)) Mohapatra, A., H.-C. Ho, S. Acharya, D. Ray and S.S. Mishra 2022 A new congrid eel, <i>Rhynchoconger smithi</i> sp. nov. (Anguilliformes: Congridae), from the Bay of Bengal, India. J. Fish Biol. 100(6):1335-1344. (Ref. 130180) 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-70501 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-01-23 00:00:00 2024-01-23 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70501 demersal; marine; depth range ? - 95 m (Ref. 130180) Mohapatra, A., H.-C. Ho, S. Acharya, D. Ray and S.S. Mishra 2022 A new congrid eel, <i>Rhynchoconger smithi</i> sp. nov. (Anguilliformes: Congridae), from the Bay of Bengal, India. J. Fish Biol. 100(6):1335-1344. (Ref. 130180)