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Banded Snake Eel
Myrichthys colubrinus (Boddaert, 1781)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Chordata - chordates »  class Actinopterygii - ray-finned fishes »  order Anguilliformes »  family Ophichthidae - snake eels and worm eels »  genus Myrichthys

Scientific synonyms

Muraena colubrina Boddaert, 1781
Gymnothorax colubrinus Suckow, 1799
Myrichthys colubrina (Boddaert, 1781)
Myrichtys colubrinus (Boddaert, 1781)
Chlevastes colubrinus (Boddaert, 1781)
Ophisurus alternans Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
Muraena annulata Ahl, 1789
Myrichthys bleekeri Gosline, 1951
Chlevastes elaps Fowler, 1912
Ophichthys elapsoides Castelnau, 1875

Other names

= Broadnose Worm Eel
= Harlequin Snake Eel

Least Concern LC

Images

Myrichthys colubrinus - Banded Snake Eel

Author: Petr Čech

Myrichthys colubrinus - Banded Snake Eel

Author: Petr Čech

Myrichthys colubrinus - Banded Snake Eel

Author: Petr Čech

Links and literature

CH DE EN FR IT NL PR SP FishBase [8053]

Froese R., Pauly D. (eds.): FishBase [http://www.fishbase.org]
CZ AQUATAB. World Wide Web electronic publication [species/16998]

Plíštil J. (Ed.) (2009): AQUATAB. World Wide Web electronic publication [http://aquatab.net] [as Myrichthys colubrinus (Boddaert, 1781)]
Data retrieved on: 17 January 2010
EN IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2024-1 [199080]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species [http://www.iucnredlist.org/] [as Myrichthys colubrinus (Boddaert, 1781)]
Data retrieved on: 29 January 2024
EN Australian Faunal Directory [e0f39af1-e398-49c8-821c-03ed7fe18f68]

ABRS (2009-2019): Australian Faunal Directory [https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/home], Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra [as Myrichthys colubrinus (Boddaert, 1781)]
Data retrieved on: 19 January 2015
CZ Hanel L., Novák J. (2001): České názvy živočichů V. Ryby a rybovití obratlovci (Pisces), 2. Nozdratí (Sarcopterygii), paprskoploutví (Actinopterygii) /mnohoploutví (Polypteriformes) – bezostní (Clupeiformes), Národní muzeum, (zoologické odd.), Praha, 64 pp. [as Myrichthys colubrinus (Boddaert, 1781)]
Data retrieved on: 5 June 2013
CZ Hanel L., Novák J. (2001): České názvy živočichů V. Ryby a rybovití obratlovci (Pisces), 2. Nozdratí (Sarcopterygii), paprskoploutví (Actinopterygii) /mnohoploutví (Polypteriformes) – bezostní (Clupeiformes), Národní muzeum, (zoologické odd.), Praha, 64 pp. [as Myrichthys bleekeri Gosline, 1951]
Data retrieved on: 5 June 2013

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