Orange eel

Orange eel
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Anguilliformes
Family:Myrocongridae
Genus:Myroconger
Species: M. nigrodentatus
Binomial name
Myroconger nigrodentatus
Castle & Béarez, 1995

The orange eel (Myroconger nigrodentatus) is an eel in the family Myrocongridae (thin eels).[1] It was described by Peter Henry John Castle and Philippe Béarez in 1995.[2] It is a tropical, marine eel known from the Pacific Ocean near Costa Rica and Ecuador.[1][3] It dwells at a depth range of 50–250 m. Females are known to reach a maximum total length of 36.6 cm.[1]

The species epithet refers to the dark brown or black pigment of the internal jaw.[1] Despite limited known distribution, the IUCN redlist currently lists the orange eel as Least Concern, due to the possibility of a wider distribution, observations that the species is not rare, and a lack of known threats.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Myroconger nigrodentatus at www.fishbase.org.
  2. ↑ Castle, P.H.J. and P. Béarez, 1995. Two new species of Myroconger (Anguilliformes, Myrocongridae) from the Pacific Ocean. Cybium 19(3):211-222.
  3. 1 2 Myroconger nigrodentatus at the IUCN redlist.


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