''Myroconger prolixus'' is an

eel Eels are ray-finned fish belonging to the order Anguilliformes (), which consists of eight suborders, 20 families, 164 genera, and about 1000 species. Eels undergo considerable development from the early larval stage to the eventual adult stage ...

in the family

Myrocongridae ''Myroconger'' is the only genus of eels, the thin eels, in the family Myrocongridae. Very little is known about the group. Until recently, only a single specimen from this family was known. This individual had been caught off Saint Helena in 18 ...

(thin eels).''Myroconger prolixus''
at www.fishbase.org. It was described by Peter Henry John Castle and Philippe Béarez in 1995.Castle, P.H.J. and P. Béarez, 1995. Two new species of Myroconger (Anguilliformes, Myrocongridae) from the Pacific Ocean. Cybium 19(3):211–222. It is a marine, deep-water dwelling eel which was described from a female specimen and ova taken from the Kaiyo Maru Seamount off of

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, in the western

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. It is known to dwell at a depth range of 260–280 m. The

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specimen measured a

total length Fish measurement is the measuring of individual fish and various parts of their anatomies, for data used in many areas of ichthyology, including taxonomy and fishery biology. Overall length Standard length (SL) is the length of a fish measured f ...

of 38.3 cm. The

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''prolixus'' means "long bodied" in

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References

Eels Fish described in 1995 {{Anguilliformes-stub