Enchelycore Kaup [J. J.] 1856:60 Fem. Muraena nigricans Bonnaterre 1788. Type by subsequent designation. Enchelycore euryrhina appeared as name only (not available) in Kaup 1856 [ref. 2572]. Genus also in Kaup 1857:72 [ref. 2573] to which type fixation dates. Appeared as Enchelycotte in Kaup in Duméril 1856:200 (as name only and not available). •Valid as Enchelycore Kaup 1856 -- (Hatooka in Masuda et al. 1984:23 [ref. 6441], Bauchot in Whitehead et al. 1986:539 [ref. 13676], Paxton et al. 1989:127 [ref. 12442], Böhlke et al. 1989:134 [ref. 13286], Chen et al. 1994:47 [ref. 22258], Böhlke et al. 1999:1648 [ref. 24692], Böhlke & Randall 2000:221 [ref. 24493], Böhlke & Smith 2003:704 [ref. 26990], Prokofiev 2005:702 [ref. 28366], Allen et al. 2006:246 [ref. 29005], Shibukawa et al. 2007:187 [ref. 29475], Zhang et al. 2010:250 [ref. 31511], Smith 2012:7 [ref. 32155], Stewart & McCosker 2015:228 [ref. 34233], Mohapatra et al. 2017:595 [ref. 35581], Fricke et al. 2018:34 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:20 [ref. 36273], Brown et al. 2019:155 [ref. 36444], Ramos-Castro et al. 2020:83 [ref. 37651]). Current status: Valid as Enchelycore Kaup 1856. Muraenidae: Muraeninae.