Macrocephenchelys brachialis Fowler 1934

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Bray, D.J. 2024, Macrocephenchelys brachialis in Fishes of Australia, accessed 04 Dec 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/5738

Macrocephenchelys brachialis Fowler 1934

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Distribution	NW of Point Cloates, Western Australia, in 1017-1075m depth. Elsewhere the species occurs in the Indo-Pacific: Madagascar, Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, Taiwan, China, Japan, Vanuatu.
Features	Vertebrae 173-183. Characterised by having a relatively elongate delicate and flexible body, depth at anus 2.2-5.9 %TL; head length 7.1-9.5 %TL, 25.6-36.2 %PAL, 1.8-2.8 times in trunk; dorsal-fin origin well behind the tip of pectoral fin; supratemporal pore present; fleshy papillae on lower jaw, but not dorsally on head; no sensory pits on the ventral surface of head and anterior body.
Etymology	The specific name brachialis is from the Latin brachial (= of or belonging to the arm), in reference to the long pectoral fins of this species.
Species Citation	Macrocephenchelys brachialis Fowler 1934, Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 85: 277, Fig. 36. Type locality: Makassar Strait, between Borneo and Sulawesi, Indonesia, Albatross station 5667, 2°56'00"S, 118°47'30"E, depth 367 fathoms.
Author	Bray, D.J. 2024
Resources	Atlas of Living Australia Australian Faunal Directory Catalog of Fishes

Macrocephenchelys brachialis Fowler 1934

References

Castle, P.H.J. 1990. Two new species of the previously monotypic congrid eel genera Poeciloconger and Macrocephenchelys from eastern Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 42(2): 119-126. http://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.42.1990.109

Lin, J., Shao, K.-T. & Smith, D.G. 2018. The eel genus Macrocephenchelys (Anguilliformes: Congridae) in Taiwan, with description of a new species. Zootaxa 4454(1): 186-199. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4454.1.15

Smith, D.G. 1999. Families Colocongridae, Derichthyidae, Muraenesocidae, Nemichtyhyidae, Congridae, Nettastomatidae, Serrivomeridae, Cyematidae, Saccopharyngidae, Eurypharyngidae, Monognathidae. pp. 1670-1697 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 3 pp. 1397-2068.