Myrichthys Girard [C. F.] 1859:58 Masc. Myrichthys tigrinus Girard 1859. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Myrichthys Girard 1859 -- (McCosker 1977:78 [ref. 6836], Asano in Masuda et al. 1984:31 [ref. 6441], McCosker & Castle 1986:181 [ref. 5690], Paxton et al. 1989:118 [ref. 12442], McCosker et al. 1989:372 [ref. 13288], McCosker & Rosenblatt 1993:154 [ref. 21180], Smith & McCosker 1999:1666 [ref. 24715], McCosker 2003:732 [ref. 26993], McCosker et al. 2006:270 [ref. 29006], Fricke et al. 2009:19 [ref. 30213], Zhang et al. 2010:366 [ref. 31511], McCosker & Allen 2012:35 [ref. 31763], McCosker & Stewart 2015:253 [ref. 34235], Fricke et al. 2018:44 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:27 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:53 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Valid as Myrichthys Girard 1859. Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae.