Common names: snake-eel (English), tieso (Espanol)
 
Myrichthys pantostigmius Jordan & McGregor in Jordan & Evermann, 1898


Clarion snake-eel,     Revillagigedos snake-eel

Body elongate, cylindrical, compressed at rear; tail 58-63% of TL;  snout short, conical, grooved underneath; jaws short, top one overhanging; teeth granular, small, fixed, in 2 irregular rows on jaws and on roof of mouth, those at top front and roof of mouth the largest; lips without barbells; eye moderate to large; gill openings at side, crescent shaped, vertical; front nostril tubular, rear opens into mouth; tip of tail a blunt, hard, finless point; dorsal fin origin on head behind nape, before gill opening nearer tip of snout than gill opening; pectoral fin broad based, short, relatively small, much shorter than width of its base.


Head and body tan, with numerous large dark blackish-brown spots all over head, throat, belly, and body, extending onto base of dorsal fin, spots smaller on head and throat; dorsal fin white margin; anal fin plain. In M. pantostigmius spots are smaller and less densely arranged than in M. tigrinus.

Size: 100 cm.

Habitat: rocks and sand.

Depth: 5-20 m.

The Revillagigedos and Clipperton.