Longfin spotted snake-eel
# Longfin spotted snake-eel

The longfin spotted snake-eel (Myrichthys aspetocheiros) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by John E. McCosker and Richard Heinrich Rosenblatt in 1993. It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from Mexico, Costa Rica and Panama, in the eastern central Pacific Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 44 to 64 metres (144 to 210 ft), and inhabits sandy substrates. Males can reach a maximum total length of 51 centimetres (1 ft 8 in).

Due to its moderately widespread distribution in the eastern Pacific, lack of known threats, and lack of observed population decline, the IUCN redlist currently lists the Longfin spotted snake-eel as Least Concern.

