Myroconger
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| Günther , 1870 |
Myroconger is a genus of the eel-like (Anguilliformes). It stands alone in the monotypic family Myrocongridae.
The animals have a heavily compressed body, small gill openings and an incomplete lateral line organ . They become 36 to 54 centimeters long.
Four of the five species were not discovered until the 1990s or 2006. Only a few specimens of the family have been caught so far. The fish were found in the Atlantic near St. Helena and off the coast of Senegal , possibly also near São Tomé and Príncipe , in the Indian Ocean near the Seychelles , and in the Pacific near New Caledonia on the underwater mountain Kaiyo Maru , on the ridge between Kyushu and Palau and in the eastern Pacific. They live at depths of 50 to 650 meters. The exact habitat is unknown.
species
- Myroconger compressus Günther , 1870
- Myroconger gracilis Castle , 1991
- Myroconger nigrodentatus Castle & Béarez , 1995
- Myroconger prolixus Castle & Béarez, 1995
- Myroconger seychellensis Karmovskaya , 2006
literature
- Joseph S. Nelson : Fishes of the World , John Wiley & Sons, 2006, ISBN 0-471-25031-7 .
Web links
- Myroconger on Fishbase.org (English)