longfin spotted snake eel

Myrichthys aspetocheiros

Fifty One Centimeters Eel from the Pacific Ocean

Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Pacific Ocean
Central America and the Caribbean
North America
Anguilliform
Large
Tropical fish

The longfin spotted snake eel (Myrichthys aspetocheiros) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by John E. McCosker and Richard Heinrich Rosenblatt in 1993. It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from Mexico, Costa Rica and Panama, in the eastern central Pacific Ocean.

Class: Teleosts
Order: True Eels
Family: Ophichthidae
Genus: Myrichthys
Maximum length: 51 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Eastern Central Pacific: Mexico to Panama.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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