Rubbernose conger

The Rubbernose conger (Macrocephenchelys brevirostris) is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).^[2] It was described by Johnson T. F. Chen and Herman Ting-Chen Weng in 1967, originally under the genus Rhynchoconger.^[3] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the western Pacific Ocean, including Taiwan and Australia. It dwells at a depth range of 280 to 440 metres (920 to 1,440 ft). Males can reach a maximum total length of 36.7 centimetres (1.20 ft).^[2]

Rubbernose conger
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Congridae
Genus:	Macrocephenchelys
Species:	M. brevirostris
Binomial name
Macrocephenchelys brevirostris (Chen & Weng, 1967)
Synonyms[1]
Rhynchoconger brevirostris Chen & Weng, 1967