The Rubbernose conger (''Macrocephenchelys brevirostris'') is an

eel Eels are ray-finned fish belonging to the order Anguilliformes (), which consists of eight suborders, 19 families, 111 genera, and about 800 species. Eels undergo considerable development from the early larval stage to the eventual adult stage ...

in the family

Congridae The Congridae are the family of conger and garden eels. Congers are valuable and often large food fishes, while garden eels live in colonies, all protruding from the sea floor after the manner of plants in a garden (thus the name). The family i ...

(conger/garden eels).
at www.fishbase.org. It was described by

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and

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in 1967, originally under the genus ''

Rhynchoconger ''Rhynchoconger'' is a genus of eels in the family Congridae. Species * '' Rhynchoconger ectenurus'' ( D. S. Jordan & R. E. Richardson, 1909) * '' Rhynchoconger flavus'' (Goode & T. H. Bean, 1896) (Yellow conger) * '' Rhynchoconger gracilior'' ...

''.Chen, J. T. F. and H. T. C. Weng, 1967 (Oct.)

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''A review of the Apodal fishes of Taiwan.'' Biological Bulletin Tunghai University Ichthyology Series Number 6 No. 32: 1-86. It is a

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eel which is known from the western

Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the contine ...

, including

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and Australia. It dwells at a depth range of . Males can reach a maximum

total length Fish measurement is the measuring of individual fish and various parts of their anatomies. These data are used in many areas of ichthyology, including taxonomy and fisheries biology. Overall length * Standard length (SL) is the length of a fish ...

of .

References

Congridae Fish described in 1967 {{Anguilliformes-stub