''Parabathymyrus macrophthalmus'' is an

eel Eels are ray-finned fish belonging to the order Anguilliformes (), which consists of eight suborders, 20 families, 164 genera, and about 1000 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 in ...

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

Toshiji Kamohara Toshiji is a masculine Japanese name, Japanese given name. Written forms Toshiji can be written using different combinations of kanji characters. Some examples: *敏次, "agile, next" *敏二, "agile, two" *敏治, "agile, to manage/cure" *敏 ...

in 1938.Kamohara, T., 1938 (30 Oct.) ef. 2551''On the offshore bottom-fishes of Prov. Tosa, Shikoku, Japan.'' Maruzen Kobushiki Kaisha, Tokyo. 1-86. It is a

tropical The tropics are the regions of Earth surrounding the equator, where the sun may shine directly overhead. This contrasts with the temperate or polar regions of Earth, where the Sun can never be directly overhead. This is because of Earth's ax ...

, marine eel which is known from the Indo-West

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, including

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Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...

, the

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, and

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. Males can reach a maximum

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

of 47 centimetres.

References

macrophthalmus Taxa named by Toshiji Kamohara Fish described in 1938 Fish of Vietnam {{Anguilliformes-stub