| Myroconger prolixus | |
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Scientific classification
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| 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
- ^ 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.
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| Myroconger prolixus | |
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Scientific classification
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| 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
- ^ 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.
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