Myrichthys
| Myrichthys | |
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| Tiger snake eel, Myrichthys maculosus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Superorder: | Elopomorpha |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Ophichthidae |
| Genus: | Myrichthys Girard, 1859 |
| Species | |
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Myrichthys is a genus of snake eels currently containing 12 recognized species found in tropical and warm temperate oceans worldwide.
Species
- Myrichthys aspetocheiros McCosker & Rosenblatt, 1993 (Longfin spotted snake-eel)
- Myrichthys bleekeri Gosline, 1951
- 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.
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). Species of Myrichthys in FishBase. June 2011 version.
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