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Myrichthys
Sign in to saveMyrichthys is a genus of snake eels currently containing 11 recognized species found in tropical and warm temperate oceans worldwide.
Species
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderAnguilliformes
- FamilyOphichthidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 89
- With media
- 11
- Family
- Ophichthidae
- Collections
- CICIMAR-IPN, USNM, CMN, CAS
- Recorded in
- Mexico, Belize, Egypt, Marshall Islands, El Salvador, French Polynesia, United States, Panama
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Encyclopedic overview
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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 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)
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