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An elongated, snake-like fish, Myrichthys maculosus can grow to a length of 1 m (40 in), but a more common size is 50 cm (20 in). [2] The head is small with a short snout and long tubular nostrils pointing downwards. There are two rows of teeth on each jaw and two more rows on the palate.
Fish of this family are long, slender, and generally steely blue or silver in colour, giving rise to their name. They have reduced or absent pelvic and caudal fins , giving them an eel -like appearance, and large fang-like teeth.
The spotted snake eel (Myrichthys tigrinus), also known as the tiger snake eel or the spotted tiger snake eel, [2] is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). [3] It was described by Charles Frédéric Girard in 1859.
Hagfish, of the class Myxini / m ɪ k ˈ s aɪ n aɪ / (also known as Hyperotreti) and order Myxiniformes / m ɪ k ˈ s ɪ n ɪ f ɔːr m iː z /, are eel-shaped jawless fish (occasionally called slime eels). Hagfish are the only known living animals that have a skull but no vertebral column, although they do have rudimentary vertebrae. [3]
There is little evidence on the conservation status of this species, however they do have a few threats. Other intertidal boulder and crevice-dwelling eel-like fish, such as the rock and black pricklebacks and penpoint and rockweed gunnels, may compete with monkeyface prickleback for space and food resources.
The wrymouth (Cryptacanthodes maculatus) sometimes called ghostfish or "potato-head fish", is a slim, eel-like creature belongs to the wrymouth family Cryptacanthodidae.It outgrows the blennies, its relatives, and may reach a length of 97 centimetres (38 in) TL [2] A low spiny dorsal fin stands along the entire back.
This muscle system allows the animal to anchor its hind end in position, and force the head forwards, and then pull the rest of the body up to reach it in waves. In water or very loose mud, caecilians instead swim in an eel-like fashion. [15] Caecilians in the family Typhlonectidae are aquatic, and the largest of their kind. The representatives ...
Aplatophis chauliodus, the fangtooth snake-eel, also known as the tusky eel in Cuba and the United States, [1] is an eel in the family Ophichthidae. [2] It was described by James Erwin Böhlke in 1956. [3] It is a marine, tropical eel known from the western Atlantic Ocean, including the Gulf of Mexico and French Guiana.