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Species of fish

Red eel
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Myrocongridae
Genus: Myroconger
Species: M. compressus
Binomial name
Myroconger compressus
Günther, 1870
Synonyms
  • Mycroconger compressus Günther, 1870 (misspelling)

The red eel (Myroconger compressus) is an eel in the family Myrocongridae (thin eels). It was described by Albert Günther in 1870. It is a tropical, marine eel known from the eastern Atlantic Ocean, including St. Helena, Dakar, Senegal, and possibly São Tomé and Principe. Males are known to reach a maximum total length of 53.8 cm. These eel are classified as teleost fish, meaning they belong to a group of fish that comprises ray-finned fish. These fins aid the eel in gliding through the water faster or crawling on the ocean floor.

References

  1. Synonyms of Myroconger compressus at www.fishbase.org.
  2. Common names for Myroconger compressus at www.fishbase.org.
  3. ^ Myroconger compressus at www.fishbase.org.
  4. Günther, A., 1870 (25 June) See ref. at BHL Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Gymnotidae, Symbranchidae, Muraenidae, Pegasidae, and of the Lophobranchii, Plectognathi, Dipnoi, ... ... Leptocardii, in the British Museum. v. 8: i-xxv + 1-549.
  5. Gonzalez, José; Jorge, Joao; Martins, Albertino; Santana, J.I. "New and rare records of fishes (Osteichthyes) from the Cape Verde Islands (eastern-central Atlantic Ocean)". ResearchGate. Cybium. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
Taxon identifiers
Myroconger compressus


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