Myrichthys is a genus of snake eels currently containing 11 recognized species found in tropical and warm temperate oceans worldwide.
Species
- Myrichthys aspetocheiros <small>McCosker & Rosenblatt, 1993</small> (longfin spotted snake eel)
- Myrichthys breviceps <small>(J. Richardson, 1848)</small> (Sharptail eel)
- Myrichthys colubrinus <small>(Boddaert, 1781)</small> (harlequin snake eel)
- Myrichthys maculosus <small>(Cuvier, 1816)</small> (tiger snake eel)
- Myrichthys magnificus <small>(C. C. Abbott, 1860)</small> (magnificent snake eel)
- Myrichthys ocellatus <small>(Lesueur, 1825)</small> (gold-spotted eel)
- Myrichthys paleracio <small>McCosker & G. R. Allen, 2012</small>
- Myrichthys pantostigmius <small>D. S. Jordan & E. A. McGregor, 1898</small> (clarion snake eel)
- Myrichthys pardalis <small>(Valenciennes, 1839)</small> (leopard eel)
- Myrichthys tigrinus <small>Girard, 1859</small> (spotted snake eel)
- Myrichthys xysturus <small>(D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882)</small>
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