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Myroconger

Genus of fishes From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Myroconger is the only genus of eels, the thin eels, in the family Myrocongridae. Very little is known about the group.[2]

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Until recently, only a single specimen from this family was known. This individual had been caught off Saint Helena in 1868. In the 1990s and 2000s, deep-sea submersibles identified several more individuals, including four further species.[3] The first known species, M. compressus, was bright red in colour, but not all other species share this trait.

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Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:[4][5]

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