Myroconger
Genus of fishes
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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.[2]
| Myroconger | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Suborder: | Muraenoidei |
| Family: | Myrocongridae T. N. Gill, 1890 |
| Genus: | Myroconger Günther, 1870 |
| Type species | |
| Myroconger compressus Günther, 1870[1] | |
| Species | |
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Until recently, only a single specimen from this family was known. This individual had been caught off Saint Helena in 1868. In the 1990s and 2000s, deep-sea submersibles identified several more individuals, including four further species.[3] 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:[4][5]
- Myroconger compressus Günther, 1870 (red eel)
- Myroconger gracilis Castle, 1991
- Myroconger nigrodentatus Castle & Béarez, 1995 (orange eel)
- Myroconger pietschi Espíndola, Caires, Tighe, De Pinna & De Melo, 2021
- Myroconger prolixus Castle & Béarez, 1995
- Myroconger seychellensis Karmovskaya, 2006
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