The Thompson's snake eelCommon names of Muraenichthys thompsoni at www.fishbase.org. (Muraenichthys thompsoni) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).Muraenichthys thompsoni at www.fishbase.org. It was described by David Starr Jordan and Robert Earl Richardson in 1908.Jordan, D. S., and R. E. Richardson, 1908 (16 Dec.) [ref. 2492] Fishes from islands of the Philippine Archipelago. Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries v. 27(Doc. 640) (for 1907): 233-287. It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the western central Pacific Ocean, including Vietnam, Australia, and the Philippines.
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