Muraenichthys Bleeker [P.] 1853:505 Masc. Muraena gymnopterus Bleeker 1852. Type by monotypy. Also spelled Muraenichthijs by Bleeker elsewhere. •Valid as Muraenichthys Bleeker 1853 -- (McCosker 1970:509 [ref. 2931], McCosker 1977:58 [ref. 6836], Asano in Masuda et al. 1984:30 [ref. 6441], McCosker & Castle 1986:180 [ref. 5690], Paxton et al. 1989:117 [ref. 12442], McCosker et al. 1989:271 [ref. 13288], Kuang in Pan et al. 1991:57 [ref. 23876], McCosker & Parin 1995:232 [ref. 21924], Machida & Ohta 1996:79 [ref. 22154], Gomon et al. 1994:199 [ref. 22532], Castle & McCosker 1999:121 [ref. 24075], Smith & McCosker 1999:1664 [ref. 24715], McCosker et al. 2006:269 [ref. 29006], Zhang et al. 2010:318 [ref. 31511], Hoshino et al. 2011:184 [ref. 31273], McCosker et al. 2012:1192 [ref. 32371], Hibino et al. 2013:[1] [ref. 32505], Kottelat 2013:45 [ref. 32989], Hibino & Kimura 2015:62 [ref. 34120], Motomura et al. 2017:31 [ref. 35490], Golani & Fricke 2018:27 [ref. 36273], Hibino et al. 2019:41 [ref. 37149], Mohapatra et al. 2023:1 [ref. 40535]). Current status: Valid as Muraenichthys Bleeker 1853. Ophichthidae: Myrophinae.