Myroconger gracilis is an eel in the family Myrocongridae (thin eels).Myroconger gracilis at www.fishbase.org. It was described by Peter Henry John Castle in 1991.Castle, P.H.J., 1991. First Indo-Pacific record of the eel family Myrocongridae, with the description of a new species of Myroconger. Copeia 1991(1):148–150. It is a marine, deep-water dwelling eel which is known from the Kyushu–Palau Ridge in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 320–640 m. Females are known to reach a maximum standard length of 47.7 cm.
The species epithet gracilis refers to the slender body of the eel in comparison to Myroconger compressus (red eel).
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