Haliophis Rüppell [W. P. E. S.] 1829:49 Masc. Muraena guttata Forsskål 1775. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Haliophis Rüppell 1829 -- (Winterbottom 1985:209 [ref. 5241], Maugé & Bardach 1985:377 [ref. 5162], Winterbottom 1986:23 [ref. 5727], Winterbottom & Randall 1994:751 [ref. 22087], Gill 1999:2558 [ref. 24817], Gill 1999:2559 [ref. 24817], Gill & Zajonz 2003:57 [ref. 26796], Fricke et al. 2018:160 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:68 [ref. 36273]). Current status: Valid as Haliophis Rüppell 1829. Pseudochromidae: Congrogadinae.