Species: Myrophis platyrhynchus, Broadnose worm eel

Myrophis platyrhynchus Breder, 1927

Broadnose worm eel

Moderately elongate, compressed; head and trunk < tail; snout blunt, broadly depressed, without groove on underside; eye large, its size affected by sexual development, its rear edge over end of mouth; 2 pores behind eye, 1 behind upper ½ of eye, 1 behind mid-eye, front nostril tubular, rear nostril under a flap, opening into mouth; lips without barbells; gill opening small; on underside; teeth small, conical, curved back, an outer ring of 9-10 teeth + several in center at front between top jaws, those continuous with 14-18 teeth (mostly in 1 row) on central roof of mouth; top jaw with 19-31 teeth in outer row, 11-14 larger spaced teeth on inner row; lower jaw with several large teeth at front, outer row of 23-36 teeth and short inner row of 6-10 larger teeth at front; dorsal fin origin about midway between snout tip and anus; pectoral fin well developed, broad based; dorsal and anal fins confluent with tail fin;  lateral line pores visible on head and trunk only, only a few behind anus, lines of each side of head connected by 2 canals with across top of head.