Magnificent Snake Eel
Myrichthys magnificus
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Fish
The magnificent snake eel, also known as the Hawaiian spotted snake eel, is an eel in the family Ophichthidae. The Hawaiian name for these creatures is Puhi La'au. It was described by Charles Conrad Abbott in 1860, originally under the genus Pisodonophis. It is a marine eel endemic to the Hawaiian Islands.
Classification
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Anguilliformes
- Family
- Ophichthidae
- Genus
- Myrichthys