Red eel
| Red eel | |
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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. compressus
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| Binomial name | |
| Myroconger compressus Günther, 1870
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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The red eel[2] (Myroconger compressus) is an eel in the family Myrocongridae (thin eels).[3] It was described by Albert Günther in 1870.[4] 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.[3] 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.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Synonyms of Myroconger compressus at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Common names for Myroconger compressus at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ a b Myroconger compressus at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Günther, A., 1870 (25 June) [ref. 1995] 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, ...[thru] ... Leptocardii, in the British Museum. v. 8: i-xxv + 1-549.
- ^ 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.
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