Myrichthys tigrinus

• Overview
• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
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• Further Reading
• Notes

Overview

Family : Snake eels ; Inhabits sandy and muddy bottoms , from shallow waters up to a depth of 25 m. Can be seen at times in daylight searching for prey under rocks and in crevices over rocky bottoms, or buried completely in the sand when inactive [1].

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -1,018 meters (0 to -3,340 feet).[2]

Biome: Marine [3].

Ecology: This reef-associated species inhabits sandy and muddy substrate in shallow waters to a depth of 25m. In the Gulf of Chiriqui, this species is found in deep rocky wall reefs and in shallow pocilloporid reefs. This species can be observed in daylight searching for prey under rocks and in crevices over rocky substrate, or buried completely in the sand (Thomson et al. 1979).[3].

List of Habitats :

•     9     Marine Neritic   
  
•     9.2     Marine Neritic - Subtidal Rock and Rocky Reefs   
  
•     9.3     Marine Neritic - Subtidal Loose Rock/pebble/gravel   
  
•     9.4     Marine Neritic - Subtidal Sandy   
  
•     9.8     Marine Neritic - Coral Reef   
  
•     9.8.4     Lagoon   
  
•     9.8.6     Inter-Reef Rubble Substrate   
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Taxonomy

Synonyms

Myrichthys tigrinus Girard, 1859

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

First described: Girard, M. J. A. Note sur une espce nouvelle du genre Hemerobius, famille des Hmrobides, tribu des Myrmloniens, ordre des Nvroptres. Annales de la Socit Entomologique de France (3)7:163-170., 1859.

Comment: Synonym of M. xysturus accdg. to Ref. 6852.

Last scrutiny: Data last modified by FishBase 11-Jul-1995

Similar Species

Members of the genus Myrichthys

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 11 species and subspecies in this genus:

M. acuminatus (Harlequin Snake Eel) · M. aspetocheiros (Longfin Spotted Snake-Eel) · M. breviceps (Culebra Rosario) · M. colubrinus (Harlequin Snake-Eel) · M. maculosus (Ocellated Snake-Eel) · M. magnificus (Magnificent Snake Eel) · M. ocellatus (Dark-Spotted Snake Eel) · M. oculatus (Clarion Snake Eel) · M. pantostigmius (Clarion Snake Eel) · M. pardalis (Leopard Eel) · M. tigrinus (Spotted Tiger Snake Eel)

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Further Reading

• ... The genera of fishes. .. A contribution to the stability of scientific nomenclature. By David Starr Jordan. Stanford University, Calif., The University, 1917-1920. url p. 290.
• A catalogue of the fishes known to inhabit the waters of North America, north of the Tropic of Cancer, with notes on the species discovered in 1883 and 1884, by David Starr Jordan. Washington, Govt. print. off., 1885. url p. 54.
• A list of common and scientific names of fishes from the United States and Canada. Report presented at the eighty-ninth annual meeting, Clearwater, Fla., Sept. 16-18, 1959. Ann Arbor, Mich., 1960. url p. 20.
• Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. New York, New York Academy of Sciences. url p. 352.
• Bibliography of the fishes of the Pacific coast of the United states to the end of 1879. Washington: Govt. print. off., 1882. url p. 32, p. 70.
• Bulletin - United States National Museum. 1882 Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url p. 32, p. 360, p. 376, p. 51, p. 79.
• Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 82 1938 Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, 1863- url p. 173.
• California fish and game. [San Francisco, etc.]: State of California, Resources Agency, Dept. of Fish and Game. url p. 21.
• Contributions to North American ichthyology. Based primarily on the collections of the United States National Museum. Washington: Govt. print. off., 1877-78. url p. 32, p. 70.
• Contributions to biology from the Hopkins Seaside Laboratory of the Leland Stanford Jr. University. Stanford University, Calif.: The University, 1895-1904. url p. 35, p. 402.
• Dean bibliography of fishes. New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1971-1973. url p. 338, p. 344, p. 670, p. 676.
• Memoirs of the California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco: The Academy, 1868- url p. 208, p. 208, p. 299, p. 35, p. 35.
• Occasional papers of the California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco: California Academy of Sciences, url p. 6.
• Pamphlets on forestry. Fish and game. [1900?- url p. 2802, p. 3244, p. 376.
• Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco: California Academy of Sciences, 1979- url p. 57, p. 63.
• Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url p. 37.
• Publication. Field Museum of Natural History. Chicago, U.S.A.: The Museum, 1910-1943. url p. 149.
• Report of the Commissioner for. .. / United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries. Washington: G.P.O., 1874-1905. url p. 274, p. 616, p. 617, p. 618, p. 675, p. 842.
• Report of the United States Commissioner of Fisheries for the fiscal year. .. with appendixes Washington: G.P.O., 1914- url p. 85.
• Smithsonian miscellaneous collections. 24 1883 Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1862-1968. url p. 360, p. 37, p. 899.
• The fishes of North and Middle America a descriptive catalogue of the species of fish-like vertebrates found in the waters of North America, north of the Isthmus of Panama / by David Starr Jordan and Barton Warren Evermann. Washington: G.P.O., 1898. url .
• The fishes of Panama Bay, by Charles H. Gilbert and Edwin C. Starks. 1904 San Francisco, The Academy, 1904. url p. 208, p. 299, p. 35.
• The fishes of Sinaloa, by David Starr Jordan. .. Palo Alto, Cal., Leland Stanford jr. university, 1895. url p. 402.
• The genera of fishes. ..: A contribution to the stability of scientific nomenclature / By David Starr Jordan. Stanford University, Calif.: The University, 1917-1920. url p. 290.
• The marine fishes of Panama. by Seth E. Meek and Samuel F. Hildebrand. 15 1923 Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1923 url p. 149.
• Voyage of the 'Albatross' to the Gulf of California in 1911. New York, 1916. url p. 147.

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
• FishBase
• FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 01, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 5 providers.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• McCosker, J., Barez, P., and Lea, B. 2010. Myrichthys tigrinus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 02February2012.
• McCosker, John (from FishBase).
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 01, 2008:

• FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
• Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History: Vertebrate specimens
• Museum national d'histoire naturelle: Ichtyologie
• Senckenberg: Collection Pisces
• UNIBIO, IBUNAM: CNPE/Coleccion Nacional de Peces

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 1
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-32758
• Fishbase Species ID: 8298
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 161444
• IUCN ID: 225200
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 117256

Footnotes

1. Thomson, D.A., L.T. Findley and A.N. Kerstitch (1979). Reef fishes of the Sea of Cortez. The rocky-shore fishes of the Gulf of California. John Wiley and Sons, New York. 302 p. [back]
2. Mean = 2,099.420 meters (6,887.861 feet), Standard Deviation = 1,260.700 based on 12 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
3. McCosker, J., Béarez, P., and Lea, B. 2010. Myrichthys tigrinus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 02 February 2012. [back]

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