Goldspotted eel

The goldspotted eel (Myrichthys ocellatus), also known as the goldspotted snake eel or the dark-spotted snake eel,^[3] is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).^[4] It was described by Charles Alexandre Lesueur in 1825, originally under the genus Muraenophis.^[5] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the western and eastern Atlantic Ocean, including Bermuda, southern Florida, USA; the Bahamas, Santa Catarina, and Brazil.^[4] It dwells at a maximum depth of 15 metres (49 ft), and inhabits rocky and coral reefs. Males can reach a maximum total length of 110 centimetres (3.6 ft).^[4]

Goldspotted 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. ocellatus
Binomial name
Myrichthys ocellatus (Lesueur, 1825)
Synonyms[2]
Muraenophis ocellata Lesueur, 1825 Pisodonophis oculatus Kaup, 1856 Myrichthys oculatus (Kaup, 1856) Myrichttys oculatus (Kaup, 1856) Ophisurus latemaculatus Poey, 1867 Myrichthys keckii Silvester, 1915

Myrichthys ocellatus

The Goldspotted eel is a commercial aquarium fish.^[4] As is common with eels, it forages for food mostly during the night; its diet consists of crabs, stomatopods, and echinoderms.^[6]