Snake Eels

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

• Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Myrichthys in FishBase. June 2011 version.