Myrichthys is a genus of snake eels currently containing 11 recognized species found in tropical and warm temperate oceans worldwide.

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Myrichthys
Tiger snake eel, Myrichthys maculosus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Ophichthidae
Subfamily:	Ophichthinae
Genus:	Myrichthys Girard, 1859
Species
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• Myrichthys aspetocheiros McCosker & Rosenblatt, 1993 (longfin spotted snake eel)
• Myrichthys breviceps (J. Richardson, 1848) (Sharptail eel)
• Myrichthys colubrinus (Boddaert, 1781) (harlequin snake eel)
• Myrichthys maculosus (Cuvier, 1816) (tiger snake eel)
• Myrichthys magnificus (C. C. Abbott, 1860) (magnificent snake eel)
• Myrichthys ocellatus (Lesueur, 1825) (gold-spotted eel)
• Myrichthys paleracio McCosker & G. R. Allen, 2012^[1]
• Myrichthys pantostigmius D. S. Jordan & E. A. McGregor, 1898 (clarion snake eel)
• Myrichthys pardalis (Valenciennes, 1839) (leopard eel)
• Myrichthys tigrinus Girard, 1859 (spotted snake eel)
• Myrichthys xysturus (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882)