WoRMS taxon details
Myrophis Lütken, 1852
Hesperomyrus Myers & Storey, 1939 · unaccepted
Holopterura Cope, 1871 · unaccepted
Leptoconger Poey, 1880 · unaccepted
Myroplius · unaccepted (misspelling)
- Species Myrophis anterodorsalis McCosker, Böhlke & Böhlke, 1989
- Species Myrophis lepturus Kotthaus, 1968
- Species Myrophis microchir (Bleeker, 1864)
- Species Myrophis platyrhynchus Breder, 1927
- Species Myrophis plumbeus (Cope, 1871)
- Species Myrophis punctatus Lütken, 1852
- Species Myrophis vafer Jordan & Gilbert, 1883
- Species Myrophis cheni Chen & Weng, 1967 accepted as Neenchelys cheni (Chen & Weng, 1967)
- Species Myrophis chrysogaster MacLeay, 1881 accepted as Pisodonophis cancrivorus (Richardson, 1848)
- Species Myrophis dolichorhynchus Parr, 1930 accepted as Myrophis punctatus Lütken, 1852
- Species Myrophis egmontis Jordan, 1884 accepted as Ahlia egmontis (Jordan, 1884)
- Species Myrophis emmae Howell Rivero, 1934 accepted as Myrophis platyrhynchus Breder, 1927
- Species Myrophis frio Jordan & Davis, 1891 accepted as Pseudomyrophis frio (Jordan & Davis, 1891)
- Species Myrophis heterognathos Bleeker, 1858 accepted as Gnathophis heterognathos (Bleeker, 1858) (synonym)
- Species Myrophis iguapensis Miranda Ribeiro, 1908 accepted as Myrophis punctatus Lütken, 1852
- Species Myrophis longicollis Peters, 1864 accepted as Myrophis plumbeus (Cope, 1871)
- Species Myrophis longleii Silvester, 1915 accepted as Myrophis punctatus Lütken, 1852
- Species Myrophis lumbricus Jordan & Gilbert, 1882 accepted as Myrophis punctatus Lütken, 1852
- Species Myrophis macrophthalmus Parr, 1930 accepted as Ahlia egmontis (Jordan, 1884)
- Species Myrophis macrophthalmus (Kamohara, 1938) accepted as Parabathymyrus macrophthalmus Kamohara, 1938
- Species Myrophis microps Parr, 1930 accepted as Ahlia egmontis (Jordan, 1884)
- Species Myrophis microstigmius Poey, 1867 accepted as Myrophis punctatus Lütken, 1852
- Species Myrophis uropterus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) accepted as Echelus uropterus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Lütken, C. F. (1852). Nogle bemaerkninger om naeseborenes stilling hos de i gruppe med Ophisurus staaende slaegter af aalefamilien. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den Naturhistoriske Forening i Kjøbenhavn, Aaret 1851.</em> (nos 1-2): 1-21, Pl. 1. [German translation appeared in Archiv für Naturgeschichte (Wiegmann) v. 18 (pt. 1):255-276. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Myrophis Lütken, 1852. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158641 on 2025-04-30
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Nomenclature
original description
Lütken, C. F. (1852). Nogle bemaerkninger om naeseborenes stilling hos de i gruppe med Ophisurus staaende slaegter af aalefamilien. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den Naturhistoriske Forening i Kjøbenhavn, Aaret 1851.</em> (nos 1-2): 1-21, Pl. 1. [German translation appeared in Archiv für Naturgeschichte (Wiegmann) v. 18 (pt. 1):255-276. [details]
original description (of Holopterura Cope, 1871) Cope, E. D. (1871). Contribution to the ichthyology of the Lesser Antilles. <em>Transactions of the American Philosophical Society (New Series).</em> v. 14 (pt 3) (art. 5): 445-483. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Holopterura Cope, 1871) Cope, E. D. (1871). Contribution to the ichthyology of the Lesser Antilles. <em>Transactions of the American Philosophical Society (New Series).</em> v. 14 (pt 3) (art. 5): 445-483. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
Other
context source (PeRMS)
Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ニンギョウアナゴ属 | [details] |
