Species: Myrichthys pantostigmius, Clarion snake-eel, Revillagigedos snake-eel

Myrichthys pantostigmius Jordan & McGregor in Jordan & Evermann, 1898

Clarion snake-eel, Revillagigedos 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 small, much shorter than width of its 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.

Head and body tan, with numerous large dark blackish-brown spots all over head, throat, belly, and body, extending onto base of dorsal fin, spots smaller on head and throat; dorsal fin white margin; anal fin plain. In M. pantostigmius spots are smaller and less densely arranged than in M. tigrinus.

Size: 100 cm.

Habitat: rocks and sand.

Depth: 5-20 m.

The Revillagigedos and Clipperton.