FB-70865 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70865 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Ophidiiformes Ophidiidae Bassozetus Bassozetus trachibranchus Tomiyama, Takami & Fukui, 2021 2025-01-22 2025-01-23 Espíndola, V.C., R.A. Caires, K.A. Tighe, M.C.C. De Pinna and M.R.S. De Melo0 A new species of the rare genus <i>Myroconger</i> Günther, 1870 (Anguilliformes: Myrocongridae) from Brazilian waters, tropical western Atlantic. Zootaxa 4965(3):529-540. (Ref. 124570) IUCN0 The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1964 - onwards. https://www.iucnredlist.org/ (Ref. 130435) FB-DiagnosticDescr-70875 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Luisa Abucay 2025-01-23 00:00:00 2025-01-23 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70875 This species can be distinguished from its congeners by the following characters: A 190; D 291; V 125; a short pectoral fin (16.6 % HL); the posterior portion of the ethmovomerine teeth arranged in a single row, teeth on lower and upper pharyngeal tooth plate 24 and 27, and 10 branchiostegal rays; having five lateral-line pores; ethmovomerine tooth patch extending to nearly half-length of upper jaw; preanal vertebrae 48; preoperculomandibular pores six. Colouration of preserved specimen: head and body generally orange; body whitish on belly and ventral third of caudal portion; ventral surface of the head is light yellow, covering the lower jaw and the ventral portion of the cheek; a single, broad, dichromatic stripe runs along the flank, pale yellow on the dorsal and ventral margins with a brown center, extending medially from the last lateral-line pore to the posterior third of the body; pectoral fin is predominantly orange, becoming lighter towards its distal third; anterior half of the dorsal fin is orange, transitioning to yellowish in the posterior half; anal fin whitish on its anterior third, while the posterior two-thirds are yellow (Ref. 124570). Espíndola, V.C., R.A. Caires, K.A. Tighe, M.C.C. De Pinna and M.R.S. De Melo 2021 A new species of the rare genus <i>Myroconger</i> Günther, 1870 (Anguilliformes: Myrocongridae) from Brazilian waters, tropical western Atlantic. Zootaxa 4965(3):529-540. (Ref. 124570) FB-Morphology-70875 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Luisa Abucay 2025-01-23 00:00:00 2025-01-23 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70875 Dorsal soft rays (total): 291; Analsoft rays: 190; Vertebrae: 125 Espíndola, V.C., R.A. Caires, K.A. Tighe, M.C.C. De Pinna and M.R.S. De Melo 2021 A new species of the rare genus <i>Myroconger</i> Günther, 1870 (Anguilliformes: Myrocongridae) from Brazilian waters, tropical western Atlantic. Zootaxa 4965(3):529-540. (Ref. 124570) FB-Distribution-70875 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Luisa Abucay 2025-01-23 00:00:00 2025-11-05 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70875 Southwest Atlantic: Brazil. Espíndola, V.C., R.A. Caires, K.A. Tighe, M.C.C. De Pinna and M.R.S. De Melo 2021 A new species of the rare genus <i>Myroconger</i> Günther, 1870 (Anguilliformes: Myrocongridae) from Brazilian waters, tropical western Atlantic. Zootaxa 4965(3):529-540. (Ref. 124570) FB-Uses-70875 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Luisa Abucay 2025-01-23 00:00:00 2025-01-23 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70875 fisheries: of no interest FB-Size-70875 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Luisa Abucay 2025-01-23 00:00:00 2025-01-23 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70875 43.1 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 124570)) Espíndola, V.C., R.A. Caires, K.A. Tighe, M.C.C. De Pinna and M.R.S. De Melo 2021 A new species of the rare genus <i>Myroconger</i> Günther, 1870 (Anguilliformes: Myrocongridae) from Brazilian waters, tropical western Atlantic. Zootaxa 4965(3):529-540. (Ref. 124570) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-70875 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Luisa Abucay 2025-01-23 00:00:00 2025-01-23 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70875 bathydemersal; marine; depth range 253 - ? m (Ref. 124570) Espíndola, V.C., R.A. Caires, K.A. Tighe, M.C.C. De Pinna and M.R.S. De Melo 2021 A new species of the rare genus <i>Myroconger</i> Günther, 1870 (Anguilliformes: Myrocongridae) from Brazilian waters, tropical western Atlantic. Zootaxa 4965(3):529-540. (Ref. 124570)