fowleri, Muraenichthys Schultz [L. P.] 1943:51, Pl. 7; Fig. 5e [Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 180; ref. 3957] Reef at Siulagi Point, Tau Island, American Samoa. Holotype: USNM 115972. Paratypes: MCVZ 37247 [ex USNM 115974] (1); USNM 115973 (2). Type catalog: Smith 1994:32 [ref. 21917]. •Synonym of Muraenichthys gymnotus Bleeker 1857 -- (McCosker 1970:508 [ref. 2931]). •Synonym of Scolecenchelys gymnota (Bleeker 1857) -- (Castle & McCosker 1999:121 [ref. 24075] as gymnotus, Hibino et al. 2012:184 [ref. 32443], Hibino & Kimura 2015:13 [ref. 33951]). Current status: Synonym of Scolecenchelys gymnota (Bleeker 1857). Ophichthidae: Myrophinae. Habitat: marine.