Myrophis Anterodorsalis
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''Myrophis'' is a genus of
eel Eels are ray-finned fish belonging to the order Anguilliformes (), which consists of eight suborders, 20 families, 164 genera, and about 1000 species. Eels undergo considerable development from the early larval stage to the eventual adult stage ...
s in the snake eel family Ophichthidae.


Species

There are currently seven recognized species in this genus: * ''
Myrophis anterodorsalis ''Myrophis'' is a genus of eels in the snake eel family Ophichthidae. Species There are currently seven recognized species in this genus: * ''Myrophis anterodorsalis'' John E. McCosker, McCosker, Eugenia Brandt Böhlke, E. B. Böhlke & James Erw ...
'' McCosker, E. B. Böhlke & J. E. Böhlke, 1989 (longfin worm eel) * ''
Myrophis lepturus ''Myrophis lepturus'' is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).''Myrophis lept ...
'' Kotthaus, 1968 * ''
Myrophis microchir The ordinary snake eelCommon ...
'' (
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) * ''
Myrophis platyrhynchus The Broadnose worm eelBreder, 1927 (Broadnose worm-eel) * '''' (
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, 1871)
(Leaden worm-eel) * ''
Myrophis punctatus The speckled worm-eel, '' Myrophis punctatus'', is a member of the Ophichthidae (snake eel) family. It was described by Christian Frederik Lütken Christian Frederik Lütken (; 7 October 1827, in Sorø – 6 February 1901), was a Danish zoolog ...
'' Lütken, 1852 (Speckled worm-eel) * ''
Myrophis vafer The Pacific worm eel (''Myrophis vafer'', also known commonly as the worm eel in the United Kingdom
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& C. H. Gilbert, 1883
(Pacific worm-eel)


Former Species

* ''Myrophis heterognathos'' (Bleeker, 1858) - valid as ''
Gnathophis heterognathos ''Gnathophis heterognathos'' is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). Myrophinae Taxa named by Christian Frederik Lütken {{Ophichthidae-stub