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Teleostei (teleosts) >
Anguilliformes
(Eels and morays) >
Myrocongridae
(Atlantic red eels)
Etymology:
Myroconger:
Greek, myros, -ou = male of morey eel + Latin, conger = conger (Ref.
45335
)
;
prolixus:
From the Latin
prolixus
, "long bodied".
.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 260 - 280 m (Ref.
26785
). Deep-water
Western Pacific: off New Caledonia, Kaiyo Maru Seamount.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: L
m
 
?
  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 38.3 cm TL (female)
Short description
Morphology
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Morphometrics
Dorsal
soft rays
(total): 398;
Anal
soft rays
: 239;
Vertebrae
: 147. very slender body, relatively long snout, very slender neurocranium, prominent and sharp teeth, especially those on intermaxillary and inner row of maxilla and dentary; precaudal vertebrae 71.
Unique female specimen, with ova, trawled at the Kaiyo Maru Seamount, off New Caledonia (Ref.
26785
).
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Castle, P.H.J. and P. Béarez
, 1995. Two new species of
Myroconger
(Anguilliformes, Myrocongridae) from the Pacific Ocean. Cybium 19(3):211-222. (Ref.
26785
)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref.
130435
)
Data deficient (DD)
; Date assessed:
14 November 2019
CITES
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201
): 11.5 - 16.2, mean 15.1 °C (based on 203 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804
): PD
50
= 0.5625 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00102 (0.00046 - 0.00225), b=3.06 (2.88 - 3.24), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref.
93245
).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278
): 3.7 ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153
): Low to moderate vulnerability (28 of 100).
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