| Goldspotted eel | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Ophichthidae |
| Genus: | Myrichthys |
| Species: | M. ocellatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Myrichthys ocellatus (Lesueur, 1825) | |
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The goldspotted eel (Myrichthys ocellatus), also known as the goldspotted snake eel or the dark-spotted snake eel, [3] is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). [4] It was described by Charles Alexandre Lesueur in 1825, originally under the genus Muraenophis . [5] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the western and eastern Atlantic Ocean, including Bermuda, southern Florida, USA; the Bahamas, Santa Catarina, and Brazil. [4] It dwells at a maximum depth of 15 metres (49 ft), and inhabits rocky and coral reefs. Males can reach a maximum total length of 110 centimetres (3.6 ft). [4]
The Goldspotted eel is a commercial aquarium fish. [4] As is common with eels, it forages for food mostly during the night; its diet consists of crabs, stomatopods, and echinoderms. [6]
