Myrichthys xysturus (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) is a animal in the Ophichthidae family, order Anguilliformes, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.
Myrichthys xysturus (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882)
Myrichthys xysturus is a tropical marine Ophichthidae eel from the eastern central Pacific Ocean, described in 1882.
Myrichthys xysturus is an eel that belongs to the family Ophichthidae, commonly known as worm or snake eels. It was first described by David Starr Jordan and Charles Henry Gilbert in 1882, and was originally classified under the genus Ophichthys. It is a marine, tropical eel. It is found in the eastern central Pacific Ocean, specifically in the Gulf of California, Baja California Sur (Mexico), and the Galapagos Islands.
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Ophichthus gomesii (Castelnau, 1855)
Ophisurus serpens (Linnaeus, 1758)
Myrichthys breviceps (Richardson, 1848)
Myrichthys colubrinus (Boddaert, 1781)
Ophichthus altipennis (Kaup, 1856)
Callechelys marmorata (Bleeker, 1854)
Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer
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