Ophichthidae

sharptail eel

Myrichthys breviceps

Yellow spots dot blue gray back

• Tropical
• Southern Hemisphere
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Atlantic Ocean
• Central America and the Caribbean
• North America
• South America
• Anguilliform
• Large
• Tropical fish

Myrichthys breviceps, the sharptail snake-eel, is a fish species native to the Western Atlantic. It has diffuse, yellow spots on a blueish-gray back and white belly. Spots are small on the head, and larger on the body.