Myrichthys breviceps (Richardson 1884)

Smith-Vaniz, William F. & Jelks, Howard L., 2014, Marine and inland fishes of St. Croix, U. S. Virgin Islands: an annotated checklist, Zootaxa 3803 (1), pp. 1-120 : 25

Myrichthys breviceps (Richardson 1884) — Sharptail Eel

Listed as Myrichthys acuminatus and "common" by Clavijo et al. (1980:6).

Justification: UF (BIRNM, 2); UF 183226 (3, 145–218 mm TL), Rod Bay ; on-line photographs available ( Pittman et al., 2008); REEF (5/16) .

Distribution: McCosker et al. (1989) WA (BD, FL, GOM, BA, GA, VI, LA, WC, nSA, sSA).