Scytalichthys

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| parent_authority = D. S. Jordan & B. M. Davis, 1891

| taxon = Scytalichthys miurus

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| authority = (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882)

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Scytalichthys miurus, the short-tailed viper-eel, is a species of eel in the family Ophichthidae. It is the only member of its genus. It is found in the eastern Pacific Ocean around Mexico and the Galapagos Islands.