FB-70518 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70518 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Kurtiformes Apogonidae Gymnapogon Gymnapogon janus Fraser, 2016 Giant duckbill eel 2024-02-28 2024-02-28 Lin, J., D.G. Smith, K.-T. Shao and H.-M. Chen0 <i>Saurenchelys gigas</i> sp. nov., a new nettastomatid eel (Teleostei, Anguilliformes, Nettastomatidae) from the western central Pacific. Zootaxa 4060(1):121-130. (Ref. 106141) FB-DiagnosticDescr-70527 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-03-07 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=70527 This species is distinguished from other adult congeners by the following characters: predorsal length (40.9-46.8 % of PAL, 65.7-76.1 % of TR), head length (36.8-39.3% of PAL, 56.0-65.7 % of TR), vertebrae (38-40 before anus, and 63-70 precaudal), preanal lateral-line pores 38-42, preanal dorsal-fin rays 56–63, and especially its larger size (the maximum size reaching 115.5 cm TL, 3.3 cm DGO) (Ref. 106141). Lin, J., D.G. Smith, K.-T. Shao and H.-M. Chen 2015 <i>Saurenchelys gigas</i> sp. nov., a new nettastomatid eel (Teleostei, Anguilliformes, Nettastomatidae) from the western central Pacific. Zootaxa 4060(1):121-130. (Ref. 106141) FB-Distribution-70527 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-03-07 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=70527 Western Pacific: Taiwan and Vietnam. Lin, J., D.G. Smith, K.-T. Shao and H.-M. Chen 2015 <i>Saurenchelys gigas</i> sp. nov., a new nettastomatid eel (Teleostei, Anguilliformes, Nettastomatidae) from the western central Pacific. Zootaxa 4060(1):121-130. (Ref. 106141) FB-Size-70527 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-03-07 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70527 87.2 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 106141)); 115.5 cm TL (female) Lin, J., D.G. Smith, K.-T. Shao and H.-M. Chen 2015 <i>Saurenchelys gigas</i> sp. nov., a new nettastomatid eel (Teleostei, Anguilliformes, Nettastomatidae) from the western central Pacific. Zootaxa 4060(1):121-130. (Ref. 106141) 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-70527 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-03-07 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70527 demersal; marine; depth range 100 - 200 m (Ref. 106141) Lin, J., D.G. Smith, K.-T. Shao and H.-M. Chen 2015 <i>Saurenchelys gigas</i> sp. nov., a new nettastomatid eel (Teleostei, Anguilliformes, Nettastomatidae) from the western central Pacific. Zootaxa 4060(1):121-130. (Ref. 106141)