Species: Myrichthys aspetocheiros, Longfin spotted snake-eel


Myrichthys aspetocheiros McCosker & Rosenblatt, 1993
Longfin spotted snake-eel
Body elongate, cylindrical, compressed at rear; tail 58-63% of TL; snout short, conical, grooved underneath; jaws short, top one overhanging; teeth blunt, molar- like or granular, in multiple rows, those at top front and roof of mouth the largest; lips without barbells; eye moderate to large; front nostril tubular, rear opens into mouth; gill openings at side, crescent shaped, inclined up and forwards; dorsal fin origin on head behind nape, before gill opening; pectoral fin broad based, short, relatively large - longer than width of base; 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.
Tan above, paler below; 2 irregular rows of large brown spots on head and upper half of body, smaller spots on snout and chin; throat, pectoral fin + tip of tail unpigmented; median fins largely unmarked, a few dark smudges; eyes blue.
Size: 52 cm.
Habitat: sand bottoms.
Depth: 10-65 m.
The mouth of the Gulf of California to Panama.

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- Salinity
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- Marine Only
- Marine
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore
- Inshore Only
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Bottom only
- Habitat
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- Sand & gravel
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Reef and soft bottom
- Mud
- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Rocks
- FishBase Habitat
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- Demersal
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- No Data
- Diet
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- No Data
- Octopus/squid/cuttlefish
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves
- Mobile benthic worms
- Bony fishes
- Egg Type
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- No data
- Pelagic
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- East Pacific endemic
- All species
- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Continent + Island (s)
- All species
- TEP endemic
- Island (s)
- Continent
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo)
- Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos)
- IUCN Red List
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- Listed
- Least concern
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Depth Range Min
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- 10
- Depth Range Max
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- 65
- Length Max
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- 52