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    Species Accepted

    Myrichthys colubrinus (Boddaert, 1781)

    Banded Snake Eel
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Myrichthys
    IUCNLeast Concern

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

      Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Anguille-serpent annelée French
      Banded Snake Eel English
      Harlequin Snake Eel English
      Murène Serpent Annelée French
      Ringed Snake Eel English
      Ringed Snake-eel English
      broadnose worm eel English
      harlequin snake-eel English
      シマウミヘビ Japanese

      Treatments

      Source: Catalogue of Life
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      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Boddaert, P. (1781). Beschreibung zweyer merkwürdiger Fische. Neue Nordische Beyträge Zur Physikalischen Und Geographischen Erd- Und Völkerbeschreibung, Naturgeschichte Und Oekonomie. St. Petersburg & Leipzig, v. 2: 55–57, Pls. 2, 4.
      Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL).
      Ahl, J. N. (1789). Specimen ichthyologicum de Muraena et Ophichtho, quod venia exp. Fac. Med. Ups. Praeside Carol. Pet. Thunberg, Etc. J. Edman, Upsaliæ [Upsala], 1–14, 2 pls. [Also published in 1801 as Dissertationes Academicae Upsalae, pp. 1–12, 2 pls. Ahl was the author; Thunberg was his supervising professor. Kottelat 2013:45 disagrees, assuming that Thunberg wrote the description.].
      Quoy, J. R. C., & Gaimard, J. P. (1824). Description des Poissons. Chapter IX. In: Freycinet, L. De, Voyage Autour Du Monde...Exécuté Sur Les Corvettes de L. M., 192–401 [1–328 in 1824; 329–616 in 1825], Atlas pls. 43–65.
      Bacchet, P., Zysman, T. & Lefèvre, Y. 2016. Guide des Poissons de Tahiti et ses Iles. Quatrième édition revue et augmentée. Editions Au vent des Iles, Papeete. 645 pp.
      Castelnau, F. L. (1875). Researches on the fishes of Australia.Official Record, containing Introduction, Catalogues, Official Awards of the Commissioners, Report and Recommendations of the Experts, and Essays and Statistics on the Social and Economic Resources of the Colony of Victoria. Intercolonial Exhibition Essays, Part VII (II): 1–52.
      Gosline, W. A. (1951). The osteology and classification of the ophichthid eels of the Hawaiian Islands. Pacific Science, 5 (4): 298–320.
      Lacepède, B. G. E. (1802). Histoire naturelle des poissons: IV. Chez Plassan: Paris, France, v. 4: i–xliv + 1–728, Pl. 1–16.
      Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).

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