The longfin spotted snake eel (Myrichthys aspetocheiros) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[2] It was described by John E. McCosker and Richard Heinrich Rosenblatt in 1993.[3] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from Mexico, Costa Rica and Panama, in the eastern central Pacific Ocean.[1] It dwells at a depth range of 44 to 64 metres (144 to 210 ft), and inhabits sandy substrates. Males can reach a maximum total length of 51 centimetres (1 ft 8 in).[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Ophichthidae |
| Genus: | Myrichthys |
| Species: | M. aspetocheiros
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| Binomial name | |
| Myrichthys aspetocheiros McCosker & Rosenblatt, 1993
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Due to its moderately widespread distribution in the eastern Pacific, lack of known threats, and lack of observed population decline, the IUCN redlist currently lists the Longfin spotted snake-eel as Least Concern.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c McCosker, J.; Béarez, P.; and Lea B. (2010). "Myrichthys aspetocheiros". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T183222A8075183. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T183222A8075183.en. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Myrichthys aspetocheiros". FishBase. June 2024 version.
- ^ McCosker, J. E. and R. H. Rosenblatt, 1993 (21 Dec.) [ref. 21180] A revision of the snake eel genus Myrichthys (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) with the description of a new eastern Pacific species. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences v. 48 (no. 8): 153-169.
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