schultzei, Muraenichthys Bleeker [P.] 1857:366 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 13 (no. 2); ref. 16868] Karangbollong [Karang-Bollong Bay, on northeastern tip of Nusa Kambangan Island, 4.5 kilometers southeast to Cilacap, Jawa Tengah Province, Java, Indonesia, eastern Indian Ocean, ca. 7°45'34''S, 109°02'32''E]. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1867.11.28.331. •Valid as Muraenichthys schultzei Bleeker 1857 -- (McCosker 1970:508 [ref. 2931], McCosker 1977:59 [ref. 6836], Dor 1984:37 [ref. 29757], Asano in Masuda et al. 1984:30 [ref. 6441], Winterbottom et al. 1989:12 [ref. 13251], Goren & Dor 1994:8 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:61 [ref. 22896], Carpenter et al. 1997:108 [ref. 23922], Myers 1999:54 [ref. 23965], Castle & McCosker 1999:121 [ref. 24075], Fricke 1999:64 [ref. 24106], Smith & McCosker 1999:1667 [ref. 24715], Nakabo 2000:217 [ref. 25086], McCosker 2002:24 [ref. 25848], Nakabo 2002:217 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:23 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S95 [ref. 27377], Randall et al. 2004:6 [ref. 27624], Mundy 2005:133 [ref. 28379], Fricke et al. 2011:352 [ref. 31342], Allen & Erdmann 2012:106 [ref. 31980], Hibino et al. 2013:[4] [ref. 32505], McCosker 2014:339 [ref. 33288], Hibino et al. 2015:47 [ref. 34119], Hibino & Kimura 2015:69 [ref. 34120], Ho et al. 2015:169 [ref. 34130], Hibino & Kimura 2016:135 [ref. 35048], Koeda et al. 2016:9 [ref. 35333], Golani & Fricke 2018:27 [ref. 36273], Arndt & Fricke 2019:24 [ref. 36883], Eagderi et al. 2019:19 [ref. 37020], McCosker 2022:115 [ref. 39686], Mohapatra et al. 2023:6 [ref. 40535], Allen & Erdmann 2024:116 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Muraenichthys schultzei Bleeker 1857. Ophichthidae: Myrophinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Persian Gulf and Mascarenes (Mauritius) east to Johnston Atoll and Tuamotu Archipelago (French Polynesia), north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan), south to Queensland (Australia), New Caledonia and Tonga. Habitat: marine.