Myrophis

Myrophis is a genus of eels in the snake eel family Ophichthidae.

Myrophis
The standard length of the larval worm eel is sixty-one millimeters.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Ophichthidae
Genus: Myrophis
Lütken, 1852
Species

See text.

Species

There are currently seven recognized species in this genus:[1][2]

Former Species

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Myrophis in FishBase. October 2013 version.
  2. 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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