''Myrichthys'' is a genus of
snake eels currently containing 11 recognized species found in tropical and warm temperate oceans worldwide.
Species
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Myrichthys aspetocheiros''
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, 1993 (longfin spotted snake eel)
* ''
Myrichthys breviceps
''Myrichthys breviceps'' (syn. ''M. acuminatus''), the sharptail snake-eel, is a fish species native to the Western Atlantic.
It has diffuse, yellow spots on a blueish-gray back and white belly. Spots are small on the head, larger on the body. T ...
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( J. Richardson, 1848) (Sharptail eel)
* ''
Myrichthys colubrinus''
(Boddaert
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, 1781) (harlequin snake eel)
* ''
Myrichthys maculosus''
( Cuvier, 1816) (tiger snake eel)
* ''
Myrichthys magnificus''
( C. C. Abbott, 1860) (magnificent snake eel)
* ''
Myrichthys ocellatus''
( Lesueur, 1825) (gold-spotted eel)
* ''
Myrichthys paleracio''
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* ''
Myrichthys pantostigmius''
D. S. Jordan & E. A. McGregor, 1898 (clarion snake eel)
* ''
Myrichthys pardalis''
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, 1839) (leopard eel)
* ''
Myrichthys tigrinus''
Girard, 1859 (spotted snake eel)
* ''
Myrichthys xysturus''
(D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882)
References
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Ophichthidae
Marine fish genera
Taxa named by Charles Frédéric Girard
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