FB-70515 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70515 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Anguilliformes Ophichthidae Muraenichthys Muraenichthys velinasalis Hibino & Kimura, 2015 2024-02-26 2024-02-26 Smith, D.G., J. Lin, H.-M. Chen and J.J. Pogonoski0 The eels of the genus Nettenchelys, with description of a new species from Taiwan (Teleostei: Anguilliformes: Nettastomatidae). Zootaxa 4060(1):105-120. (Ref. 106144) FB-DiagnosticDescr-70524 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-03-06 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=70524 This species is distinguished from all other species in the genus except N. gephyra and N. pygmaea in having an enlarged median series of teeth at the anterior end of the vomer; differs from N. gephyra in having the posterior nostril immediately behind the eye (approximately midway between eye and supratemporal canal in N. gephyra), with PCV 78 (vs. 79-101 in N. gephyra, but 91-101 in specimens from Taiwan), and with IO pores 9 + 2 (vs. 8–9 + 3–4 in N. gephyra); differs from N. pygmaea in its larger size, 25.1 cm in the holotype, an immature female, (vs. 20.1 cm for the largest known N. pygmaea and 15.1 cm for a mature female), with slight differences in some meristic and morphometric characters (Ref. 106144). Smith, D.G., J. Lin, H.-M. Chen and J.J. Pogonoski 2015 The eels of the genus Nettenchelys, with description of a new species from Taiwan (Teleostei: Anguilliformes: Nettastomatidae). Zootaxa 4060(1):105-120. (Ref. 106144) FB-Morphology-70524 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-03-06 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=70524 Vertebrae: 185 Smith, D.G., J. Lin, H.-M. Chen and J.J. Pogonoski 2015 The eels of the genus Nettenchelys, with description of a new species from Taiwan (Teleostei: Anguilliformes: Nettastomatidae). Zootaxa 4060(1):105-120. (Ref. 106144) FB-Distribution-70524 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-03-06 00:00:00 2024-03-06 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70524 Western Pacific: Taiwan and possibly the Philippines. Smith, D.G., J. Lin, H.-M. Chen and J.J. Pogonoski 2015 The eels of the genus Nettenchelys, with description of a new species from Taiwan (Teleostei: Anguilliformes: Nettastomatidae). Zootaxa 4060(1):105-120. (Ref. 106144) FB-Size-70524 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-03-06 00:00:00 2024-03-06 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70524 25.1 cm TL (female) Smith, D.G., J. Lin, H.-M. Chen and J.J. Pogonoski 2015 The eels of the genus Nettenchelys, with description of a new species from Taiwan (Teleostei: Anguilliformes: Nettastomatidae). Zootaxa 4060(1):105-120. (Ref. 106144) 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-70524 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-03-06 00:00:00 2024-03-06 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70524 bathydemersal; marine; depth range 300 - 412 m (Ref. 106144) Smith, D.G., J. Lin, H.-M. Chen and J.J. Pogonoski 2015 The eels of the genus Nettenchelys, with description of a new species from Taiwan (Teleostei: Anguilliformes: Nettastomatidae). Zootaxa 4060(1):105-120. (Ref. 106144)