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Teleostei (teleosts) > Anguilliformes (Eels and morays) > Chlopsidae (False morays)
Etymology: Boehlkenchelys: Because of Dr. James Böhlke + Greek, enchelys,-yos = eel (Ref. 45335); longidentata: Named for its long, needle-like teeth..

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Marine; demersal; depth range 12 - 65 m (Ref. 58018). Tropical

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Indo-West Pacific: Chagos. Islands, Indonesia, Fiji, and Palau.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 20.1 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 37816)

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 340 - 373; Anal soft rays: 253 - 294; Vertebrae: 121 - 128. Uniformly olive-brown in life. Body depth 27-31; HL 7.5 - 7.7 (Ref. 37816). Dorsal fin begins above or slightly anterior to the gill opening. Pectoral fin well-developed, rounded, almost twice eye diameter in length. Snout relatively deep. Gape moderate, rictus behind posterior margin of eye. Anterior nostril tubular, slightly behind tip of snout, directed anterolaterally. Posterior nostril a simple elliptical opening in front of middle of eye. Lateral line obsolete except for 2-3 pores in the branchial region (Ref. 40884).

Inhabits seaward reef slopes.

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Tighe, K.A., 1992. Boehlkenchelys longidentata, a new genus and species of chlopsid eel (Teleostei: Anguilliformes) from the Indo-West Pacific Region. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 105(1):19-22. (Ref. 40884)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 22 November 2019

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Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

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Harmless

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 26.5 - 28.9, mean 27.8 °C (based on 86 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 1.0000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00102 (0.00046 - 0.00225), b=3.06 (2.88 - 3.24), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.8 ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

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Boehlkenchelys longidentata Tighe, 1992