Myroconger is the only genus of eels, the thin eels, in the family Myrocongridae. Very little is known about the group.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| 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[1]
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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
editThe 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
edit- ^ 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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