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Congridae (Conger and garden eels) > Congrinae
Etymology: Macrocephenchelys: Greek, makros = great + Greek,kephale = head + Greek, enchelys, -yos = eel (Ref. 45335); soela: Named for CSIRO Fisheries Research Vessel 'SOELA', which collected the type specimens and which has contributed substantially to collections of fishes around Australia; noun in apposition.
Eponymy: Named after the CSIRO (Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) fisheries research vessel ‘Soela’, from which some of the holotypes were collected and which has contributed substantially to collections of fishes [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución
Ecología
marino batidemersal; rango de profundidad 345 - 350 m (Ref. 87005). Tropical
Western Pacific: Australia.
Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 29.8 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 87005); 29.8 cm SL (female)
Descripción breve
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
Vértebra: 150 - 151. This species is distinguished by the following characters: body rather robust, depth at anus 19%
preanal length; dorsal origin over middle of pectoral; branchial aperture large and in front of pectoral base; simple snout plicae (folds); numerous, molariform vomerine teeth; vertebrae 150-151; lateral line pores before anus 28-30; scattered over ventrolateral and ventral surface of trunk are numerous, minute, sensory structures (Ref. 87005).
Cross section: oval.
Ciclo vital y comportamiento de apareamiento
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
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) [1988]:119-126. (Ref. 87005)
Situación en la Lista Roja de la UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Amenaza para el ser humano
Harmless
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Estimaciones basadas en modelos
Índice de diversidad filogenética (Referencia
82804): PD
50 = 0.5312 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00062 (0.00029 - 0.00132), b=3.19 (3.01 - 3.37), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Referencia
69278): 3.8 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resiliencia (Referencia
120179): Alto, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo inferior a 15 meses (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Vulnerabilidad pesquera (Ref.
59153): Low to moderate vulnerability (26 of 100).
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