platyrhynchus, Myrophis Breder [C. M., Jr.] 1927:8, Figs. 3-4 [Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection Yale University v. 1 (art. 1); ref. 635] Glovers Reef, Belize, surface. Holotype: YPM 30. Paratypes: YPM 31-33 (5, 1, 2). Type catalog: Moore & Boardman 1991:23 [ref. 16741]. •Mention -- (McCosker 1977:60 [ref. 6836]). •Valid as Myrophis platyrhynchus Breder 1927 -- (Scott & Scott 1988:86 [ref. 25518], McCosker et al. 1989:283 [ref. 13288], Leiby in Smith 1989:770 [ref. 13285], McAllister 1990:48 [ref. 14674], Cervigón 1992:370 [ref. 23827], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:139 [ref. 25013], Claro et al. 2000:20 [ref. 26458] as platyrhinchus, Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:149 [ref. 27754], McCosker 2003:733 [ref. 26993], Smith et al. 2003:8 [ref. 27621], Nelson et al. 2004:63 [ref. 27807], Page et al. 2013:63 [ref. 32708], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:25 [ref. 33341], Carvalho-Filho 2023:60 [ref. 40480], Page et al. 2023:54 [ref. 40505], Fricke et al. 2024:124 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Valid as Myrophis platyrhynchus Breder 1927. Ophichthidae: Myrophinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Bermuda and Florida (U.S.A.) south to southern Brazil, including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. IUCN (2015): Least Concern. Habitat: brackish, marine.