* Macrocephenchelys brevirostris (Chen & Weng, 1967)

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Rhynchoconger brevirostris Chen & Weng, 1967:54, fig. 40 (type locality: Tungkang, southwestern Taiwan). Chen, 1969:132; Shen 1984a:113; Chen & Yu, 1986:253; Shen et al., 1993:117.

Macrocephenchelys brevirostris (Chen & Weng, 1967): Smith in Randall & Lim, 2000:586; Karmovskaya, 2004:S24; Shao et al., 2008:239; Ho et al. 2010:23, table 1; Ho & Shao, 2011:24, table 1.

Remarks. This is a common deepwater species collected by bottom trawls, more abundant off southwestern than in northeastern Taiwan. It is likely a senior synonym of Macrocephenchelys soela Castle, 1990, described from Australia. According to Karmovskaya (2004), this species also occurs in the Philippines and New Caledonia.