gracilis, Oxybeles Bleeker [P.] 1856:105 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 11 (no. 1); ref. 16857] Banda, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. Bleeker specimens: BMNH 1862.2.28.51 (1), NMV 46134 (1), ?QM I.3444 (1), RMNH 6714 (3). •Valid as Jordanicus gracilis (Bleeker 1856) -- (Shen & Yeh 1987:48 [ref. 6418]). •Valid as Encheliophis gracilis (Bleeker 1856) -- (Arnold 1956:278 [ref. 5315], Dor 1984:59 [ref. 29757], Machida in Masuda et al. 1984:99 [ref. 6441], Olney & Markle 1986:353 [ref. 5701], Paxton et al. 1989:320 [ref. 12442], Winterbottom et al. 1989:14 [ref. 13251], Markle & Olney 1990:393 [ref. 18996], Goren & Dor 1994:15 [ref. 25356], Heemstra in Smith & Heemstra 1995:352 [ref. 21953], Parmentier et al. 1999:135 [ref. 23955], Myers 1999:65 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:102 [ref. 24106], Markle in Nielsen et al. 1999:16 [ref. 24448], Nielsen 1999:1978 [ref. 24753], Nakabo 2000:448 [ref. 25086], Markle in Randall & Lim 2000:596 [ref. 25122], Parmentier et al. 2000:295 [ref. 26179], Shinohara et al. 2001:307 [ref. 25995], Nakabo 2002:448 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:25 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S99 [ref. 27377], Parmentier 2004:62 [ref. 27501], Randall 2005:67 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:241 [ref. 28379], Parmentier et al. 2006:122 [ref. 28668], Hoese et al. 2006:553 [ref. 29051], Randall 2007:121 [ref. 30952], Fricke et al. 2009:26 [ref. 30213], Fricke et al. 2011:366 [ref. 31242], Allen & Erdmann 2012:127 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:32 [ref. 33932], Fricke et al. 2018:82 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:40 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:70 [ref. 36673], Zajonz et al. 2019:64 [ref. 36871], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:95 [ref. 41223], Heemstra 2022:258 [ref. 39704], Allen & Erdmann 2024:141 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Encheliophis gracilis (Bleeker 1856). Carapidae: Carapinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Aldabra, Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.) and Society Islands (French Polynesia), south to Queensland (Australia) and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.
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