FB-70499 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70499 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Anguilliformes Congridae Rhynchoconger Rhynchoconger bicoloratus Kodeeswaran, Mohapatra, Kumar & Lal, 2023 Fringe-nose worm-eel 2024-01-23 2024-01-23 Hibino, Y., U. Satapoomin and S. Kimura0 A new species of Neenchelys andamanensis (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae: Myrophinae) from the eastern Indian Ocean. Zootaxa 4060(1):56-61. (Ref. 106111) Ho, H.-C. and K.-H. Loh0 A new species of the worm-eel genus Neenchelys (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from southern Taiwan. Zootaxa 4060(1):52-55. (Ref. 106137) FB-GeneralDescr-70508 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-02-02 00:00:00 2024-08-16 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70508 This species was collected by fishery otter trawl in the same haul with many macrourids, ophidiids, deep-sea shrimps and other demersal fishes that would suggest a benthic habit (Ref. 106137). Ho, H.-C. and K.-H. Loh 2015 A new species of the worm-eel genus Neenchelys (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from southern Taiwan. Zootaxa 4060(1):52-55. (Ref. 106137) FB-DiagnosticDescr-70508 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-02-02 00:00:00 2024-02-02 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70508 This species is distinguished by the following characters: with a minute pectoral fin, many filamentous cirri on anterior nostril rim; a very small gill opening (3.8% HL); body depth 4.7 times in HL, 77 in TL; dorsal-fin origin in anterior, 1/3 of trunk, 1.7 times HL behind the gill opening; predorsal length 6.0 in TL; head relatively is short, 16.2 in TL; trunk 3.1 in TL; tail long, 1.6 in TL; pectoral fin a minute flap with some visible rays; total vertebrae 200; VF 30-78-200l; cephalic lateral-line pores 11; predorsal pores 33; preanal pores 78; total pores 169, the last 1.5 times HL before tail tip (Ref. 106137). Ho, H.-C. and K.-H. Loh 2015 A new species of the worm-eel genus Neenchelys (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from southern Taiwan. Zootaxa 4060(1):52-55. (Ref. 106137) FB-Morphology-70508 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-02-02 00:00:00 2024-02-02 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70508 Vertebrae: 200 Ho, H.-C. and K.-H. Loh 2015 A new species of the worm-eel genus Neenchelys (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from southern Taiwan. Zootaxa 4060(1):52-55. (Ref. 106137) FB-Distribution-70508 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-02-02 00:00:00 2024-02-02 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70508 Northwestern Pacific: Taiwan. Ho, H.-C. and K.-H. Loh 2015 A new species of the worm-eel genus Neenchelys (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from southern Taiwan. Zootaxa 4060(1):52-55. (Ref. 106137) FB-Uses-70508 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-02-02 00:00:00 2024-08-16 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70508 fisheries: bycatch FB-Size-70508 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-02-02 00:00:00 2024-08-16 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70508 42.9 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 106137)) Ho, H.-C. and K.-H. Loh 2015 A new species of the worm-eel genus Neenchelys (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from southern Taiwan. Zootaxa 4060(1):52-55. (Ref. 106137) 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-70508 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-02-02 00:00:00 2024-08-16 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70508 demersal; marine; depth range ? - 400 m (Ref. 106137) Ho, H.-C. and K.-H. Loh 2015 A new species of the worm-eel genus Neenchelys (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from southern Taiwan. Zootaxa 4060(1):52-55. (Ref. 106137)