polyzona, Muraena Richardson [J.] 1845:112, Pl. 55 (figs. 11-14) [Ichthyology.--Part 3. The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Sulphur.; ref. 20575] No locality stated. Lectotype: BMNH 1977.4.22.3. Paralectotypes: (1) ? BMNH 1855.9.19.1292 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke & Smith 2002:140 [ref. 26380]. Lectotype selected by Böhlke & Randall 2000:220 [ref. 24493]. •Valid as Echidna polyzona (Richardson 1845) -- (Dor 1984:27 [ref. 29757], Hatooka in Masuda et al. 1984:25 [ref. 6441], Castle & McCosker 1986:167 [ref. 5645], Hatooka 1986:383 [ref. 22522], Allen & Swainston 1988:32 [ref. 25477], Paxton et al. 1989:127 [ref. 12442], Böhlke et al. 1989:130 [ref. 13286], Winterbottom et al. 1989:6 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:35 [ref. 15987], Chen et al. 1994:47 [ref. 22258], Goren & Dor 1994:7 [ref. 25356], Quéro & Saldanha 1995:66 [ref. 22017], Randall & Golani 1995:851 [ref. 21744], Allen 1997:52 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:35 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:44 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:42 [ref. 24106], Böhlke et al. 1999:1656 [ref. 24692], Johnson 1999:721 [ref. 25471], Allen 2000:84 [ref. 37268], Böhlke & Randall 2000:219 [ref. 24493], Nakabo 2000:201 [ref. 25086], Böhlke & McCosker in Randall & Lim 2000:584 [ref. 25122], Randall & Earle 2000:6 [ref. 25806], Böhlke & McCosker 2001:73 [ref. 25226], Hutchins 2001:16 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:201 [ref. 26001], Böhlke & Smith 2002:140 [ref. 26380], Allen & Adrim 2003:22 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S94 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:610 [ref. 27495], Kimura et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:9 [ref. 27510], Randall et al. 2004:6 [ref. 27624], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:102 [ref. 28072], Randall 2005:35 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:114 [ref. 28379], Allen et al. 2006:246 [ref. 29005], Randall 2007:81 [ref. 30952], Fricke et al. 2009:15 [ref. 30213], Motomura et al. 2010:70 [ref. 31256], Zhang et al. 2010:243 [ref. 31511], Fricke et al. 2011:349 [ref. 31242], Allen & Erdmann 2012:78 [ref. 31980], Smith 2012:6 [ref. 32155], Fricke et al. 2014:17 [ref. 33932], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:4 [ref. 33988], Ho et al. 2015:152 [ref. 34130], Fricke et al. 2018:34 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:20 [ref. 36273], Arndt & Fricke 2019:23 [ref. 36883], Dalleau-Coudert et al. 2019:115 [ref. 40104], Fricke et al. 2019:51 [ref. 36673], Smith et al. 2019:11 [ref. 37159], Ramos-Castro et al. 2020:83 [ref. 37651], Wada et al. 2021:36 [ref. 38521], Eudeline 2022:134 [ref. 39191], Smith & Böhlke 2022:40 [ref. 39681], Allen & Erdmann 2024:86 [ref. 40796], Fricke et al. 2024:80 [ref. 41255]). Current status: Valid as Echidna polyzona (Richardson 1845). Muraenidae: Muraeninae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Seychelles, Mayotte (France), Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Marshall Islands and Tuamotu Islands (French Polynesia), north to Amami Islands (southern Japan), south to Western Australia, Queensland (Australia) and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.
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