Myrichthys Girard, 1859

Dataset

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Rank

GENUS

Published in

Girard, C. F. (1859). Ichthyological notices. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 11: 56-68. ;v. 11:91.

Classification

kingdom

Animalia

phylum

Chordata

order

Anguilliformes

family

Ophichthidae

genus

Myrichthys

Name

Synonyms

Chlevastes Jordan & Snyder, 1901

Myrichttys

Myrichtys

Homonyms

Myrichthys Girard, 1859

Common names

Snake-eels in English

Мирихты in Russian

ゴイシウミヘビ属 in Japanese

花蛇鰻屬 in Chinese

ゴイシウミヘビ属 in Japanese

Bibliographic References

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2. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version.
3. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version.
4. Eschmeyer, William N., 1990: null. Genera of Recent Fishes. iii + 697.
5. Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
6. FishBase
7. Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026.
8. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
9. Girard, C. F. (1859). Ichthyological notices. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 11: 56-68. ;v. 11:91.
10. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
11. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
12. Nelson, Joseph S., 1994: null. Fishes of the World, Third Edition. xvii + 600.
13. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad., 1859
14. SN2000/Eschmeyer, 1998
15. SN2000/Eschmeyer, 1998
16. WoRMS (Mar 2013)
17. WoRMS (Mar 2013)