Longfin spotted snake eel
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Ophichthidae
Genus: Myrichthys
Species:
M. aspetocheiros
Binomial name
Myrichthys aspetocheiros
McCosker & Rosenblatt, 1993

The longfin spotted snake eel[1] (Myrichthys aspetocheiros) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[2] It was described by John E. McCosker and Richard Heinrich Rosenblatt in 1993.[3] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from Mexico, Costa Rica and Panama, in the eastern central Pacific Ocean.[4] It dwells at a depth range of 44 to 64 metres (144 to 210 ft), and inhabits sandy substrates. Males can reach a maximum total length of 51 centimetres (1 ft 8 in).[2]

Due to its moderately widespread distribution in the eastern Pacific, lack of known threats, and lack of observed population decline, the IUCN redlist currently lists the Longfin spotted snake-eel as Least Concern.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Common names of Myrichthys aspetocheiros at www.fishbase.org.
  2. 1 2 Myrichthys aspetocheiros at www.fishbase.org.
  3. ↑ McCosker, J. E. and R. H. Rosenblatt, 1993 (21 Dec.) [ref. 21180] A revision of the snake eel genus Myrichthys (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) with the description of a new eastern Pacific species. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences v. 48 (no. 8): 153-169.
  4. 1 2 Myrichthys aspetocheiros at the IUCN redlist.
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