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: Myrophinae
Genus: Myrophis
Species (8): M. anterodorsalis – M. cheni – M. lepturus – M. microchir – M. platyrhynchus – M. plumbeus – M. punctatus – M. vafer
Name
Myrophis Lütken, 1852: 14
Gender: masculine
Type species: Myrophis punctatus Lütken, 1852
Typification: monotypy
References
Primary references
Lütken, C.F. 1852: Nogle bemærkinger om næseborenes stilling hos de i gruppe med Ophisurus staaende slægter af aalefamilien. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den Naturhistoriske Forening i Kjøbenhavn, Aaret 1851 (1-2): 1–21, Pl. 1. BHL
Additional references
Links
ION
Nomenclator Zoologicus
Myrophis species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
Myrophis and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
ITIS
Myrophis is a genus of eels in the snake eel family Ophichthidae.
Species
There are currently seven recognized species in this genus:[1][2]
Myrophis anterodorsalis McCosker, E. B. Böhlke & J. E. Böhlke, 1989 (longfin worm eel)
Myrophis lepturus Kotthaus, 1968
Myrophis microchir (Bleeker, 1864) (ordinary snake eel)
Myrophis platyrhynchus Breder, 1927 (Broadnose worm-eel)
Myrophis plumbeus (Cope, 1871) (Leaden worm-eel)
Myrophis punctatus Lütken, 1852 (Speckled worm-eel)
Myrophis vafer D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1883 (Pacific worm-eel)
Former Species
Myrophis heterognathos (Bleeker, 1858) - valid as Gnathophis heterognathos
References
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Myrophis". FishBase. October 2013 version.
Ho, H.-C.; McCosker, J.E.; Smith, D.G. (2015). "Renaming of three recently described eels of the genus Neenchelys (Teleostei: Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from the western Pacific" (PDF). Zootaxa. 4060 (1): 49–51.
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