Myroconger prolixus
Appearance
Myroconger prolixus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Myrocongridae |
Genus: | Myroconger |
Species: | M. prolixus
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Binomial name | |
Myroconger prolixus Castle & Béarez, 1995
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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
[edit]- ^ a b c Myroconger prolixus at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Castle, P.H.J. and P. Béarez, 1995. Two new species of Myroconger (Anguilliformes, Myrocongridae) from the Pacific Ocean. Cybium 19(3):211–222.