Myrichthys

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| image_caption = Tiger snake eel, Myrichthys maculosus

| taxon = Myrichthys

| authority = Girard, 1859

| type_species = Myrichthys tigrinus

| type_species_authority = Girard, 1859{{Cof family|family=Ophichthyidae|access-date=13 November 2024}}

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = See text

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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, 2012McCosker, J.E. & Allen, G.R. (2012): Description of a new Snake Eel (Pisces: Ophichthidae: Myrichthys) from the Philippines. aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology, 18 (1): 35-40.
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)