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Genus of fishes
Myrichthys is a genus of
snake eels currently containing 11 recognized species found in tropical and warm temperate oceans worldwide.
Species
Myrichthys aspetocheiros
McCosker &
Rosenblatt , 1993 (longfin spotted snake eel)
Myrichthys breviceps (
J. Richardson , 1848) (Sharptail eel)
Myrichthys colubrinus (
Boddaert , 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
McCosker &
G. R. Allen , 2012
[1]
Myrichthys pantostigmius
D. S. Jordan &
E. A. McGregor , 1898 (clarion snake eel)
Myrichthys pardalis (
Valenciennes , 1839) (leopard eel)
Myrichthys tigrinus
Girard , 1859 (spotted snake eel)
Myrichthys xysturus (D. S. Jordan &
C. H. Gilbert , 1882)
References
^ McCosker, J.E. & Allen, G.R. (2012): Description of a new Snake Eel (Pisces: Ophichthidae: Myrichthys) from the Philippines. aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology, 18 (1): 35-40.