Ophichthidae

tiger snake eel

Myrichthys tigrinus

Seventy Four Centimeters Eel of Gulf of California

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Pacific Ocean
• South America
• Anguilliform
• Large
• Tropical fish

The spotted snake eel (Myrichthys tigrinus), also known as the tiger snake eel or the spotted tiger snake eel, is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by Charles Frédéric Girard in 1859. It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the eastern central and southeastern Pacific Ocean, including Chile, Costa Rica, Colombia, El Salvador, Ecuador, Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama, Honduras, and Peru.