thompsoni, Muraenichthys Jordan [D. S.] & Richardson [R. E.] 1908:237, Fig. 1 [Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries v. 27(Doc. 640) (for 1907); ref. 2492] Manila Bay, Luzon, Philippines. Holotype (unique): CAS-SU 20201. Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:50 [ref. 12291]. •Valid as Muraenichthys thompsoni Jordan & Richardson 1908 -- (McCosker 1970:508 [ref. 2931], McCosker 1977:59 [ref. 6836], Castle & McCosker 1999:121 [ref. 24075], Smith & McCosker 1999:1667 [ref. 24715], Hutchins 2001:17 [ref. 25847], McCosker et al. 2006:269 [ref. 29006], Allen & Erdmann 2012:106 [ref. 31980], McCosker 2014:339 [ref. 33288], Hibino et al. 2015:47 [ref. 34119], Hibino & Kimura 2015:69 [ref. 34120], Ho et al. 2015:169 [ref. 34130], Motomura et al. 2017:31 [ref. 35490], Hibino in Kimura et al. 2018:22 [ref. 36460], Hibino et al. 2019:44 [ref. 37149], Jamandre 2023:160 [ref. 40455], Mohapatra et al. 2023:5 [ref. 40535], Allen & Erdmann 2024:116 [ref. 40796], Endruweit 2024:33 [ref. 41040]). Current status: Valid as Muraenichthys thompsoni Jordan & Richardson 1908. Ophichthidae: Myrophinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Madagascar, Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines, Flores Sea east to Fiji, north to Taiwan and Japan. Habitat: brackish, marine.