Myroconger

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Amorphea
Cladus: Obazoa
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Cladus: Filozoa
Cladus: Choanozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Olfactores
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Cladus: Eugnathostomata
Cladus: Osteichthyes
Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Elopocephalai
Supercohors: Elopocephala
Cohors/Superordo: Elopomorpha
Ordo: Anguilliformes
Subordo: Anguilloidei
Familia: Myrocongridae
Genus: Myroconger

Species (5): M. compressus – M. gracilis – M. nigrodentatus – M. pietschi – M. prolixus – M. seychellensis

Myroconger Günther, 1870: 93.
- Gender: masculine.
- Type species: Myroconger compressus Günther, 1870.
  - Fixation: type by monotypy.

Günther, A.C.L.G. 1869. Report of a second collection of fishes made at St. Helena by J. C. Melliss, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 37(2): 238–239. BHL
Günther, A.C.L.G. 1870. 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, Ganoidei, Chondropterygii, Cyclostomata, Leptocardii, in the British Museum. Vol. 8. The Trustees, London, pp. i–xxv + 1–549. BHL

Espíndola, V.C., Caires, R.A., Tighe, K.A., de Pinna, M. & Melo, M.R.S. 2021. A new species of the rare genus Myroconger Günther, 1870 (Anguilliformes: Myrocongridae) from Brazilian waters, tropical western Atlantic. Zootaxa 4965(3): 529–540. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4965.3.7 Reference page.

Myroconger Günther, 1870 – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Myroconger and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2026. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
Myroconger species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2026. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.