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 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 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) References Ophichthidae Marine fish genera Taxa named by Charles Frédéric Girard