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Main identification features
- eye large
- d: high, origin before pectoral
- lower jaw projects
- broad pectoral
MYROCONGER
CONGER-MORAY EELS
Body compressed, moray like; front nostril tubular, rear nostril a hole near front of top of eye; eye large; gill opening a horizontal slit under pectoral fin; pectoral fin well developed; dorsal fin well developed, origin before gill opening; lateral line reduced to a few pores on pectoral region.
This tropical genus has 4 species, one endemic to our region, and the others in the west Pacific and central Atlantic.
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References |
- Béarez, P., 1996., Lista de los Peces Marinos del Ecuador Continental., Revista de Biologia Tropical, 44:731-741.
- Böhlke, E. B., 1989., Fishes of the Western North Atlantic., Sears Foundation for Marine Research1:655pp.
- Castle , P. H. J. and Béarez, P., 1995., Two new species of Myroconger (Anguilliformes, Myrocongridae) from the Pacific Ocean., Cybium, 19:211-222.
- Jimenez-Prado, P., Béarez, P., 2004., Peces marinos del Ecuador continental / Marine fishes of continental Ecuador., SIMBIOE/NAZCA/IFEA tomo 1 y 2.
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I thank Ashley MacDonald and John Pickering, University of Georgia, for technical support in building this page.
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Updated: 2024-04-26 13:01:00 gmt
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