Magnificent snake eel

Magnificent snake eel
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Ophichthidae
Genus:	Myrichthys
Species:	M. magnificus
Binomial name
Myrichthys magnificus (Abbott, 1860)
Synonyms [2]
Pisoodonophis magnificaAbbott, 1860 Ophichthys stypurusSmith & Swain, 1882 Ophichthus stypurusSmith & Swain, 1882

The magnificent snake eel (Myrichthys magnifies), also known as the Hawaiian spotted snake eel, ^[3] is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). ^[4] It was described by Charles Conrad Abbott in 1860, originally under the genus Pisodonophis . ^[5] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the eastern central Pacific Ocean, including the Hawaiian Islands, the Leeward Islands, Johnston Island, and Midway Atoll. It dwells at a depth range of 1 to 262 metres (3.3 to 859.6 ft), and inhabits crevices, sand and rocks. Males can reach a maximum total length of 78 centimetres (31 in). ^[4]

References

1. McCosker, J.; Tighe, K. & Smith, D.G. (2022). "Myrichthys magnificus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2022 e.T199271A2576971. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T199271A2576971.en . Retrieved 13 November 2024.
2. Synonyms of Myrichthys magnificus at www.fishbase.org.
3. Common names of Myrichthys magnificus at www.fishbase.org.
4. Myrichthys magnificus at www.fishbase.org.
5. Abbott, C. C. 1860 (before 30 Nov.) [ref. 15619] Description of new species of apodal fishes in the museum of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 12: 475-479.