vermicularis, Encheliophis Müller [J. W. von] 1842:323 [Archiv für Anatomie, Physiologie, und wissenschaftliche Medicin (J. Müller) v. 9 [1842]; ref. 19677] Calatagan Lagoon, Batangas, Philippines, 13°49'N, 120°37'E, depth 0-1 meter. Neotype: USNM 298307. Also appeared in Müller 1842:205 [ref. 3062], in Müller 1843:154, Pl. 4 [ref. 18466], and in Müller 1843:329 [ref. 3063]. Neotype designated by Markle & Olney 1990:398 [ref. 18996]. •Valid as Encheliophis vermicularis Müller 1842 -- (Arnold 1956:278 [ref. 5315], Machida in Masuda et al. 1984:99 [ref. 6441], Paxton et al. 1989:321 [ref. 12442], Markle & Olney 1990:398 [ref. 18996], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:216 [ref. 24023], Myers 1999:66 [ref. 23965], 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], Echeverry & Polanía 2001:31 [ref. 26212], Nakabo 2002:448 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:25 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S99 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:614 [ref. 27495], Parmentier 2004:62 [ref. 27501], Nelson et al. 2004:91 [ref. 27807], Castellanos-Galindo et al. 2006:197 [ref. 28944], Hoese et al. 2006:553 [ref. 29051], Glynn et al. 2008:593 [ref. 29778], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:189 [ref. 30957], Fricke et al. 2011:366 [ref. 31242], Allen & Erdmann 2012:127 [ref. 31980], Page et al. 2013:94 [ref. 32708], Golani & Fricke 2018:41 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:70 [ref. 36673], Heemstra 2022:259 [ref. 39704]). Current status: Valid as Encheliophis vermicularis Müller 1842. Carapidae: Carapinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-Pacific: East Africa east to eastern tropical Pacific (Gulf of California south to Galápagos Islands). Habitat: marine.