Species: Pseudomyrophis fugesae, Diminutive worm eel

Pseudomyrophis fugesae McCosker, Böhlke & Böhlke, 1989

Diminutive worm eel

Moderately elongate (body depth 2.1-2.4% of TL), compressed; head and trunk 35-39% of TL; head 9.5-9.7% of TL; eye just before end of mouth; snout blunt, swollen, rough, overhanging, without groove on underside; lips without barbels, front nostril tubular, rear one an elongate slit before lower edge of eye, may be hidden by a fold of flesh; teeth small, conical, sharp, a patch or ring of 6-7 teeth at front top, those followed by 6-7 teeth in 2 staggered rows, then 1 row of 5-8 front of roof of mouth; 1 row of teeth on jaws, 13-16 teeth on top jaw, 24-27 on lower, plus 2 larger inner teeth at lower front; gill opening small, on underside; dorsal fin origin about mid-trunk; pectoral fin tiny (< eye), at top of gill opening; dorsal and anal fins confluent with tail; tail flexible, tail fin not obvious; lateral line complete, lines of each side of head connected by 2 canals with across top of head.