Myroconger

Myroconger
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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
Species
	6, see text.

Myroconger is the only genus of eels, the thin eels, in the family Myrocongridae. Very little is known about the group.^[2]

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

References

^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Myrocongridae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Family Myrocongridae". FishBase. June 2011 version.
^ McClosker, John F. (1998). Paxton, J.R.; Eschmeyer, W.N. (eds.). Encyclopedia of Fishes. San Diego: Academic Press. p. 89. ISBN 0-12-547665-5.
^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Myroconger". FishBase. December 2012 version.
^ Espíndola, Vinicius C.; Caires, Rodrigo A.; Tighe, Kenneth A.; Pinna, Mario C. C. De; Melo, Marcelo R. S. De (2021-04-29). "A new species of the rare genus Myroconger Günther, 1870 (Anguilliformes: Myrocongridae) from Brazilian waters, tropical western Atlantic". Zootaxa. 4965 (3): 529–540. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4965.3.7. ISSN 1175-5334.

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[CofF-1] Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Myrocongridae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 10 November 2024.

[FB-2] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Family Myrocongridae". FishBase. June 2011 version.

[EoF-3] McClosker, John F. (1998). Paxton, J.R.; Eschmeyer, W.N. (eds.). Encyclopedia of Fishes. San Diego: Academic Press. p. 89. ISBN 0-12-547665-5.

[4] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Myroconger". FishBase. December 2012 version.

[5] Espíndola, Vinicius C.; Caires, Rodrigo A.; Tighe, Kenneth A.; Pinna, Mario C. C. De; Melo, Marcelo R. S. De (2021-04-29). "A new species of the rare genus Myroconger Günther, 1870 (Anguilliformes: Myrocongridae) from Brazilian waters, tropical western Atlantic". Zootaxa. 4965 (3): 529–540. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4965.3.7. ISSN 1175-5334.

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