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.