Myrophis

Myrophis is a genus of eels in the snake eel family Ophichthidae.

Myrophis
The standard length of the larval worm eel is sixty-one millimeters.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Ophichthidae
Subfamily:	Myrophinae
Genus:	Myrophis Lütken, 1852
Species
See text.

Species

There are currently seven recognized species in this genus:^[1][2]

• Myrophis anterodorsalis McCosker, E. B. Böhlke & J. E. Böhlke, 1989 (longfin worm eel)
• Myrophis lepturus Kotthaus, 1968
• Myrophis microchir (Bleeker, 1864) (ordinary snake eel)
• Myrophis platyrhynchus Breder, 1927 (Broadnose worm-eel)
• Myrophis plumbeus (Cope, 1871) (Leaden worm-eel)
• Myrophis punctatus Lütken, 1852 (Speckled worm-eel)
• Myrophis vafer D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1883 (Pacific worm-eel)

Former Species

• Myrophis heterognathos (Bleeker, 1858) - valid as Gnathophis heterognathos