See text Myrophinae, the worm eels, is a subfamily of ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Ophichthidae, which also includes the snake eels in the subfamily Ophichthinae.

Myrophinae was first proposed as a subfamily by the German naturalist Johann Jakob Kaup in 1856.

[1] It is one of two subfamilies, alongside the subfamily Ophichthinae in the family Ophichthidae, which is classified within the suborder Congroidei within the eel order Anguilliformes.

[2] The Myrophinae contains the following genera:[2] Myrophinae, the worm eels, are characterised by having construicted gill openings which are located in the mid flank benhind the head.

The tip of the tail is flexible, a pectoral fins may be present or they may be absent.