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Myrichthys breviceps, 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. The eel can be found along the coasts of the Caribbean sea, mainly on sea grass beds, reefs, and in clear waters.
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)
Ophichthidae is a family of fish in the order Anguilliformes, commonly known as the snake eels. The term "Ophichthidae" comes from Greek ophis ("serpent") and ichthys ("fish"). Snake eels are also burrowing eels. They are named for their physical appearance, as they have long, cylindrical, snake-like bodies. [2]
Myrichthys maculosus, commonly known as the tiger snake eel, [2] the ocellate snake eel or the spotted snake eel, [3] is a species of fish in the family Ophichthidae, native to the Indo-Pacific. It is occasionally encountered in the aquarium trade. It grows to a length of 1 m (40 in).
The spotted spoon-nose eel [3] (Echiophis intertinctus) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). [4] It was described by John Richardson in 1848. It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the western Atlantic Ocean, including North Carolina, USA, the northern Gulf of Mexico, and Brazil. It is known to dwell at a depth of ...
The sharpnose worm eel [2] (Scolecenchelys acutirostris) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). [3] It was described by Max Carl Wilhelm Weber and Lieven Ferdinand de Beaufort, originally under the genus Muraenichthys. [4] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from Indonesia, in the western Pacific Ocean.
The snaggle-toothed snake-eel [1] (Aplatophis zorro) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae. [2] It was described by John E. McCosker and David Ross Robertson in 2001. [3] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from a single specimen collected from Panama, in the eastern central Pacific Ocean.
The sharpsnout snake eel [2] (Apterichtus klazingai) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). [3] It was described by Max Carl Wilhelm Weber in 1913. [4] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the Indo-Western Pacific, including East Africa, the Marshall Islands, and the Hawaiian Islands. It dwells at a depth range of ...