Marine Species Traits - Myrichthys Girard, 1859

Traits taxon details

Myrichthys Girard, 1859

AphiaID

158636 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158636)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Ophichthinae Günther, 1870

Direct children (12)

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Species Myrichthys aspetocheiros McCosker & Rosenblatt, 1993
Species Myrichthys breviceps (Richardson, 1848)
Species Myrichthys colubrinus (Boddaert, 1781)
Species Myrichthys maculosus (Cuvier, 1816)
Species Myrichthys magnificus (Abbott, 1860)
Species Myrichthys ocellatus (Lesueur, 1825)
Species Myrichthys paleracio McCosker & Allen, 2012
Species Myrichthys pantostigmius Jordan & McGregor, 1898
Species Myrichthys pardalis (Valenciennes, 1839)
Species Myrichthys tigrinus Girard, 1859
Species Myrichthys xysturus (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882)
Species Myrichthys aki Tanaka, 1917 accepted as Myrichthys maculosus (Cuvier, 1816)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Girard, C. F. (1859). Ichthyological notices. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. v. 11: 56-68. ;v. 11:91. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Myrichthys Girard, 1859. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158636 on 2025-09-16

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Myrichthys Girard, 1859. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158636 on 2025-09-16

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-05-26 07:43:32Z

created

Cuvelier, Daphne

2013-01-04 15:09:25Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

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original description Girard, C. F. (1859). Ichthyological notices. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. v. 11: 56-68. ;v. 11:91. [details]

taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. 2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao. 314 p. [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]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Catalog of Fishes
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Myrichthys)
To Genbank
To NMNH Extant Collection (Myrichthys FIN035031 Slide 35 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Myrichthys FIN035032 Slide 35 mm)
To ITIS

Unreviewed

To NMNH Extant Collection (Myrichthys FIN035031 Slide 35 mm)

Hosted externally

To NMNH Extant Collection (Myrichthys FIN035032 Slide 35 mm)

Hosted externally