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Myroconger prolixus

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Myroconger prolixus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Myrocongridae
Genus: Myroconger
Species:
M. prolixus
Binomial name
Myroconger prolixus
Castle & Béarez, 1995

Myroconger prolixus is an eel in the family Myrocongridae (thin eels).[1] It was described by Peter Henry John Castle and Philippe Béarez in 1995.[2] It is a marine, deep-water dwelling eel which was described from a female specimen and ova taken from the Kaiyo Maru Seamount off of New Caledonia, in the western Pacific Ocean. It is known to dwell at a depth range of 260–280 m. The holotype specimen measured a total length of 38.3 cm.[1]

The species epithet prolixus means "long bodied" in Latin.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Myroconger prolixus at www.fishbase.org.
  2. ^ Castle, P.H.J. and P. Béarez, 1995. Two new species of Myroconger (Anguilliformes, Myrocongridae) from the Pacific Ocean. Cybium 19(3):211–222.