Myroconger
| Myroconger | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Superorder: | Elopomorpha |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Myrocongridae T. N. Gill, 1890 |
| Genus: | Myroconger Günther, 1870 |
| Species | |
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Myroconger is the only genus of eels, the thin eels, in the family Myrocongridae. Very little is known about the group.[1]
Until recently, only a single specimen from this family was known. This individual had been caught off St Helena in 1868. In the 1990s and 2000s, deep-sea submersibles identified several more individuals, including four further species.[2] The first known species, M. compressus, was bright red in colour, but not all other species share this trait.
Species
The currently recognized species in this genus are:[3]
- Myroconger compressus Günther, 1870 (red eel)
- Myroconger gracilis Castle, 1991
- Myroconger nigrodentatus Castle & Béarez, 1995 (orange eel)
- Myroconger prolixus Castle & Béarez, 1995
- Myroconger seychellensis Karmovskaya, 2006
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). "Myrocongridae" in FishBase. June 2011 version.
- ↑ McClosker, John F. (1998). Paxton, J.R. & Eschmeyer, W.N., ed. Encyclopedia of Fishes. San Diego: Academic Press. p. 89. ISBN 0-12-547665-5.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). Species of Myroconger in FishBase. December 2012 version.
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