Cirrhimuraena Kaup [J. J.] 1856:51 Fem. Cirrhimuraena chinensis Kaup 1856. Type by monotypy. Also in Kaup 1857:27 [ref. 2573] and as name only in Kaup in Duméril 1856:199 [ref. 1154]. •Valid as Cirrhimuraena Kaup 1856 -- (McCosker 1977:75 [ref. 6836], McCosker & Castle 1986:178 [ref. 5690], Paxton et al. 1989:116 [ref. 12442], McCosker et al. 1989:298 [ref. 13288], Kuang in Pan et al. 1991:59 [ref. 23876], Smith & McCosker 1999:1665 [ref. 24715], McCosker et al. 2006:268 [ref. 29006], Zhang et al. 2010:358 [ref. 31511], Kottelat 2013:44 [ref. 32989], Fricke et al. 2018:43 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:27 [ref. 36273], Mohapatra et al. 2021:1363 [ref. 38101], Mohanty et al. 2023:575 [ref. 40294]). Current status: Valid as Cirrhimuraena Kaup 1856. Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae.