Macrocephenchelys

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Congroidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Elopocephalai Supercohors: Elopocephala Cohors/Superordo: Elopomorpha Ordo: Anguilliformes Subordo: Congroidei

Familia: Congridae
Subfamilia: Congrinae
Genus: Macrocephenchelys

Species (3): M. brachialis – M. brevirostris – M. nigriventris – M. soela

Name

• Macrocephenchelys Fowler, 1934: 275.
  • Gender: feminine.
  • Type species: Macrocephenchelys brachialis Fowler, 1934.
    • Fixation: type by original designation (also monotypic).
• Etymology: Gr. μακροκεφαλος makrokephalos "great-headed", from μακρος makros "long"; -κεφαλος -kephalos "-headed", from κεφαλη kephalē "head"; ἐγχέλυς enkhelus, ἐγχέλυος enkheluos "eel".

References

Primary references

• Fowler, H.W. 1934. Descriptions of new fishes obtained 1907 to 1910, chiefly in the Philippine Islands and adjacent seas. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 85(for 1933): 233–367. JSTOR

Links

• Macrocephenchelys Fowler, 1934 – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Macrocephenchelys and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• Macrocephenchelys species list in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.