Species: Myrichthys ocellatus, Goldspotted eel
Myrichthys ocellatus (Lesueur, 1825)
Goldspotted eel
Body elongate, cylindrical, compressed at rear; tail 58-63% of TL; snout conical, blunt, short, grooved underneath; jaws short, top one overhanging; teeth blunt, molar- like or granular, in multiple rows on jaws and roof of mouth; those at front of mouth joining those on roof; lips without barbells; eye moderate to large; gill openings at side, crescent shaped, vertical; front nostril tubular, rear opens into mouth; dorsal fin origin on head behind nape, before gill opening; pectoral fin broad based, small and short; tip of tail a blunt, hard, finless point; lateral line complete, lines of each side of head connected by 2 canals with across top of head.
Head and body with bright yellow spots surrounded by diffuse black rings, on a pale tan to greenish background.
Reaches 110 cm.
Found on shallow grass beds and sand and coral rubble bottoms.
Depth range: 0-150 m.
Bermuda to Brazil.
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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Marine Only
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore
- Inshore Only
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Bottom only
- Habitat
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- Reef and soft bottom
- Sand & gravel
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Submerged vegetation
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Data
- Mobile benthic worms
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Bony fishes
- Egg Type
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- Pelagic larva
- Pelagic
- Data
- Global Endemism
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- Greater Caribbean non-endemic
- West Atlantic Endemic
- All species
- Regional Endemism
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- All species
- Also in Brazil
- Extends South of GC
- Continent + Island (s)
- GC non-endemic
- Continent
- Island (s)
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
- Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)
- Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)
- IUCN Red List
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- Listed
- Least concern
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 110
- Depth Range Min
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- 0
- Depth Range Max
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- 150
