Myrichthys xysturus is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).

[3] It was described by David Starr Jordan and Charles Henry Gilbert in 1882, originally under the genus Ophichthys.

[4] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the eastern central Pacific Ocean, including the Gulf of California; Baja California Sur, Mexico; and the Galapagos Islands.

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