Myrophis
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| The standard length of the larval worm eel is sixty-one millimeters. | |
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| Order: | Anguilliformes
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| Genus: | Myrophis Lütken, 1852
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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, & J. E. Böhlke, 1989 (longfin worm eel)
- Myrophis lepturus , 1968
- Myrophis microchir (Bleeker, 1864) (ordinary snake eel)
- Myrophis platyrhynchus , 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 and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Myrophis in 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.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
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