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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

      9 results
      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

      13 results
      Gosline, W. A. (1951). The osteology and classification of the ophichthid eels of the Hawaiian Islands. Pacific Science, 5 (4): 298–320. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=423291
      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.
      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. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=355314
      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. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=440017
      Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=261686
      Bock, K. R. (1996). Checklist of the reef fishes of Diani and Galu, Kenya. Journal of East African natural History 85: 5-22. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=6357
      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.]. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=440009
      MacNae, W., Kalk, M. (eds). (1958). A natural history of Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Witwatersrand University Press, Johannesburg. I–iv, 163 pp. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=6266
      Fishelson, L. (1971). Ecology and distribution of the benthic fauna in the shallow waters of the Red Sea. Marine Biology, 10. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00354828 10.1007/bf00354828
      Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025). https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=1128

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