Myroconger prolixus

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Elopocephalai
Supercohors: Elopocephala
Cohors/Superordo: Elopomorpha
Ordo: Anguilliformes
Subordo: Anguilloidei
Familia: Myrocongridae
Genus: Myroconger

Species: Myroconger prolixus

Name

• Myroconger prolixus Castle & Béarez, 1995: 212.

Holotype: MNHN 1994-0844 (ex NMNZ P.29324).

Type locality: Kaiyo Maru Seamount, 24°23.40'S, 168°07.65'E to 24°44.15'S, 168°07.40'E, depth 260-280 meters.

Etymology: L. prolixus "long, extended, drawn out".

References

Primary references

• Castle, P.H.J. & Béarez, P. 1995. Two new species of Myroconger (Anguilliformes, Myrocongridae) from the Pacific Ocean. Cybium 19(3): 211–222. Online

Links

• Myroconger prolixus Castle and Bearez, 1995 – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Myroconger prolixus in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• Myroconger prolixus in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names

čeština: Murénovec zprohýbaný
eesti: Pikk mureenangerjas
中文: 長體油康吉鰻