pinnaceps, Leptenchelys Schultz [L. P.] in Schultz et al. 1953:79, Fig. 16 [Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 202, v. 1; ref. 3975] Ocean reef at Romuk Island, Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands, western Pacific. Holotype: USNM 141691. Paratypes: USNM 202543 (1). Type catalog: Smith 1994:30 [ref. 21917]. •Synonym of Callechelys melanotaenia Bleeker 1864 -- (McCosker 1970:506 [ref. 2931]). •Synonym of Callechelys catostoma (Schneider 1801) -- (Smith 1994:30 [ref. 21917] as catastomus, McCosker 1998:190 [ref. 23298], Myers 1999:56 [ref. 23965] as catostomus). Current status: Synonym of Callechelys catostoma (Schneider 1801). Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae. Habitat: marine.