Myroconger prolixus is an eel in the family Myrocongridae (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 New Caledonia, in the western Pacific Ocean. It is known to dwell at a depth range of 260–280 m. The holotype specimen measured a total length of 38.3 cm.
The species epithet prolixus means "long bodied" in Latin.
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