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Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Ophichthidae Snake eels
Subfamily: Myrophinae
Genus: Pseudomyrophis

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5 species (see list below)

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Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 25.9 cm TL
 
Pseudomyrophis atlanticus
[]

Photo by Figueiredo, J.L./Menezes, N.A.

Southwest Atlantic.
Max. Length 26 cm NG
Pseudomyrophis frio (Jordan & Davis, 1891)

Photo by Figueiredo, J.L./Menezes, N.A.
 
Pseudomyrophis frio
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Western Atlantic.
 
Pseudomyrophis fugesae
[Diminutive worm eel]

Photo by Amezcua Linares, F.

Eastern Central Pacific
Max. Length 16 cm TL
Pseudomyrophis micropinna Wade, 1946

Photo by Amezcua Linares, F.
 
Pseudomyrophis micropinna
[Plain worm eel]
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Atlantic
Max. Length 36.7 cm TL
 
Pseudomyrophis nimius
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5 Species of Family Ophichthidae with Genus Pseudomyrophis
(Snake eels)
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Year Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
1975 Pseudomyrophis atlanticus Eastern Atlantic 25.9 TL
1891 Pseudomyrophis frio Southwest Atlantic. 26 NG
1989 Pseudomyrophis fugesae Diminutive worm eel Western Atlantic.
1946 Pseudomyrophis micropinna Plain worm eel Eastern Central Pacific 16 TL
1960 Pseudomyrophis nimius Atlantic 36.7 TL



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