Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Elopocephalai
Supercohors: Elopocephala
Cohors/Superordo: Elopomorpha
Ordo: Anguilliformes
Subordo: Congroidei
Familia: Ophichthidae
Subfamilia: Ophichthinae
Genus: Myrichthys
Species (11): M. aspetocheiros – M. breviceps – M. colubrinus – M. maculosus – M. magnificus – M. ocellatus – M. paleracio – M. pantostigmius – M. pardalis – M. tigrinus – M. xysturus
Name
Myrichthys Girard, 1859: 58
Gender: masculine
Type species: Myrichthys tigrinus Girard, 1859
Fixation: monotypy
Synonyms
Chlevastes Jordan & Snyder, 1901: 867
A review of the apodal fishes or eels of Japan, with descriptions of nineteen new species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 23(1239): 837–890.
Leiurus Kaup in Duméril, 1856: 198
Ichthyologie analytique ou classification des poissons, suivant la méthode naturelle, à l'aide de tableaux synoptiques. Mémoires de l'Académie des Sciences: tirés des registres de cette Académie. 27(1): 1–507
References
Girard, C.F. 1859: Ichthyological notices. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 11: 56–68.
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.
Vernacular names
English: Snake-eels
Myrichthys maculosus
Myrichthys tigrinus
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
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; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Myrichthys". FishBase. June 2011 version.
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