The ordinary snake eelCommon names of Myrophis microchir at www.fishbase.org. (Myrophis microchir) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).Myrophis microchir at www.fishbase.org. It was described by Pieter Bleeker in 1864, originally under the genus Echelus.Bleeker, P., 1864 [ref. 408] Poissons inédits indo-archipélagiques de l'ordre des Murènes. Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor de Dierkunde v. 2: 38-54. It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the Indo-Western Pacific, including Vietnam, Japan, Fiji, the Marshall Islands, and Australia. It inhabits sandy sediments. Males can reach a maximum total length of .
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