McCosker & Allen, 2012
Description of a new Snake Eel (Pisces: Ophichthidae: Myrichthys) from the PhilippinesMyrichthys paleracio new species is described from two specimens collected in shallow-water coral reefs from the Verde Passage, southern Luzon Island, Philippines. It differs from all known Myrichthys in its vivid brown-and-white coloration, its body elongation (body depth 43 times in total length) and its mean vertebral formula (3/77.5/183). A key to the species of Myrichthys is provided.
John E. McCosker and Gerald R. Allen
aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology, 18 (1): 35-40, 2012.