Red eel explained

The red eel^[1] (Myroconger compressus) is an eel in the family Myrocongridae (thin eels).^[2] It was described by Albert Günther in 1870.^[3] It is a tropical, marine eel known from the eastern Atlantic Ocean, including St. Helena, Dakar, Senegal, and possibly São Tomé and Principe. Males are known to reach a maximum total length of 53.8 cm.^[2] These eel are classified as teleost fish, meaning they belong to a group of fish that comprises ray-finned fish. These fins aid the eel in gliding through the water faster or crawling on the ocean floor.^[4]

Notes and References

1. http://www.fishbase.org/comnames/CommonNamesList.php?ID=4524&GenusName=Myroconger&SpeciesName=compressus&StockCode=6147 Common names for Myroconger compressus
2. http://www.fishbase.org/summary/Myroconger-compressus.html Myroconger compressus
3. Günther, A., 1870 (25 June) [ref. 1995] See ref. at BHL 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, ...[thru] ... Leptocardii, in the British Museum. v. 8: i-xxv + 1-549.
4. Web site: Gonzalez . José . Jorge . Joao . Martins . Albertino . Santana . J.I. . New and rare records of fishes (Osteichthyes) from the Cape Verde Islands (eastern-central Atlantic Ocean) . ResearchGate . Cybium . 10 November 2018.