Cynoponticus Costa [O. G.] 1845:1 Masc. Cynoponticus ferox Costa 1846. Type by subsequent monotypy. On p. 1 of "Genre Cinopontico," with species named on p. 10 of same section; pp. 1-8 published 6 Nov. 1845, pp. 9-12 in 1846. •Valid as Cynoponticus Costa 1845 -- (Blache et al. 1973:235 [ref. 7185], Castle & Williamson 1975:2 [ref. 7115], Bauchot & Saldanha in Whitehead et al. 1986:559 [ref. 13676], Smith 1989:436 [ref. 13285], Smith 1999:1673 [ref. 24661] as Cynopticus, Smith 2003:738 [ref. 26989]). Current status: Valid as Cynoponticus Costa 1845. Muraenesocidae.