Myroconger prolixus

Myroconger prolixus

Regional distribution
Marine fish
Pacific Ocean
Oceania
Anguilliform
Compressed cross-section
Medium

Myroconger prolixus is an eel in the family Myrocongridae (thin eels). It was described by Peter Henry John Castle and Philippe Béarez in 1995. 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.

Class: Teleosts
Order: True Eels
Family: Myrocongridae
Genus: Myroconger
Maximum length: 38.3 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Western Pacific: off New Caledonia, Kaiyo Maru Seamount.
Conservation status: DDData Deficient

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