Red eel

Red eel
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Myrocongridae
Genus:	Myroconger
Species:	M. compressus
Binomial name
	Myroconger compressus; Günther, 1870
Synonyms[1]
	Mycroconger compressus Günther, 1870 (misspelling);

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

Synonyms of Myroconger compressus at www.fishbase.org.
Common names for Myroconger compressus at www.fishbase.org.
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)". Research Gate. Cybium: International Journal of Ichthyology. Retrieved 10 November 2018.

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[1] Synonyms of Myroconger compressus at www.fishbase.org.

[2] Common names for Myroconger compressus at www.fishbase.org.

[Fishbase-3] Myroconger compressus at www.fishbase.org.

[Günther,_1870-4] 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.

[New_and_rare_records_of_fish_from_the_Cape_Verde_Islands-5] 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)". Research Gate. Cybium: International Journal of Ichthyology. Retrieved 10 November 2018.