Longfin spotted snake eel

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 (140 to 210 ft), and inhabits sandy substrates. Males can reach a maximum total length of 51 centimetres (1 ft 8 in).^[2]

Longfin spotted 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. aspetocheiros
Binomial name
Myrichthys aspetocheiros McCosker & Rosenblatt, 1993

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]