lithinus, Leiuranus Jordan [D. S.] & Richardson [R. E.] 1908:238, Fig. 3 [Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries v. 27(Doc. 640) (for 1907); ref. 2492] Cuyo, Philippines. Holotype (unique): CAS-SU 20211. Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:49 [ref. 12291]. •Valid as Ophichthus lithinus (Jordan & Richardson 1908) -- (McCosker et al. 2006:272 [ref. 29006], Ho & Shao 2011:23 [ref. 31432], McCosker et al. 2012:7 [ref. 31982], Larson et al. 2013:27 [ref. 32988], McCosker 2014:339 [ref. 33288], Ho et al. 2015:8 [ref. 34116], McCosker & Ho 2015:72 [ref. 34123], Ho et al. 2015:172 [ref. 34130], McCosker & Psomadakis 2018:79 [ref. 36333], Hibino et al. 2019:302 [ref. 36433], Vo et al. 2019:9 [ref. 37206], McCosker et al. 2020:33 [ref. 37376], Psomadakis et al. 2020:277 [ref. 37272], Ji et al. 2021:242 [ref. 39406], Mia et al. 2022:38 [ref. 39919], Kodeeswaran et al. 2023:7 [ref. 40457]). Current status: Valid as Ophichthus lithinus (Jordan & Richardson 1908). Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: India, Bangladesh and Myanmar east to Philippines, north to Taiwan, Korea and Japan, south to northern Australia. Habitat: marine.