Myrichthys
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Myrichthys is a genus of snake eels currently containing 11 recognized species found in tropical and warm temperate oceans worldwide.
Species
- Myrichthys aspetocheiros McCosker & Rosenblatt, 1993 (Longfin spotted snake-eel)
- Myrichthys bleekeri Gosline, 1951
- Myrichthys brevicepsMyrichthys brevicepsMyrichthys breviceps, the Sharptail snake-eel, is native to the Western Atlantic. They feed mainly on invertebrates and can burrow tailfirst into the sand....
(J. RichardsonJohn Richardson (naturalist)Sir John Richardson was a Scottish naval surgeon, naturalist and arctic explorer.Richardson was born at Dumfries. He studied medicine at Edinburgh University, and became a surgeon in the navy in 1807. He traveled with John Franklin in search of the Northwest Passage on the Coppermine Expedition of...
, 1848) (Sharptail eel) - Myrichthys colubrinusMyrichthys colubrinusMyrichthys colubrinus is a snake eel from the Indo-Pacific. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of in length....
(BoddaertPieter BoddaertPieter Boddaert was a Dutch physician and naturalist.Boddaert was the son of a Middelburg jurist and poet by the same name . Pieter Jr. obtained his M.D. at the University of Utrecht in 1764 and there became a lecturer on natural history. Fourteen letters survive of his correspondence with Carl...
, 1781) (Harlequin snake-eel) - Myrichthys maculosusMyrichthys maculosusMyrichthys maculosus is a snake eel from the Indo-Pacific. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a length of ....
(CuvierGeorges CuvierGeorges Chrétien Léopold Dagobert Cuvier or Jean Léopold Nicolas Frédéric Cuvier , known as Georges Cuvier, was a French naturalist and zoologist...
, 1816) (Tiger snake-eel) - Myrichthys magnificus (C. C. AbbottCharles Conrad AbbottCharles Conrad Abbott was an American archaeologist and naturalist, born at Trenton, New Jersey. He studied medicine at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, and served as a surgeon in the Union Army during the Civil War...
, 1860) (Magnificent snake-eel) - Myrichthys ocellatus (LesueurCharles Alexandre LesueurCharles Alexandre Lesueur was a French naturalist, artist and explorer.Pictured here is the oil portrait by Charles Willson Peale of Charles-Alexandre Lesueur...
, 1825) (Gold-spotted eel) - Myrichthys pantostigmius D. S. JordanDavid Starr JordanDavid Starr Jordan, Ph.D., LL.D. was a leading eugenicist, ichthyologist, educator and peace activist. He was president of Indiana University and Stanford University.-Early life and education:...
& McGregor, 1898 (Clarion snake-eel) - Myrichthys pardalis (ValenciennesAchille ValenciennesAchille Valenciennes was a French zoologist.Valenciennes was born in Paris, and studied under Georges Cuvier. Valenciennes' study of parasitic worms in humans made an important contribution to the study of parasitology...
, 1839) (Leopard eel) - Myrichthys tigrinus GirardCharles Frédéric GirardCharles Frédéric Girard was a French biologist specializing in ichthyology and herpetology.Born in Mulhouse, France, he studied at the College of Neuchâtel, Switzerland as a student of Louis Agassiz. In 1847, he accompanied Agassiz as his assistant to Harvard...
, 1859 (Spotted snake-eel) - Myrichthys xysturus (D. S. JordanDavid Starr JordanDavid Starr Jordan, Ph.D., LL.D. was a leading eugenicist, ichthyologist, educator and peace activist. He was president of Indiana University and Stanford University.-Early life and education:...
& C. H. GilbertCharles Henry GilbertCharles Henry Gilbert was a pioneer ichthyologist and fishery biologist of particular significance to natural history of the western United States. He collected and studied fishes from Central America north to Alaska and described many new species...
, 1882)