albimarginata, Muraena Temminck [C. J.] & Schlegel [H.] 1846:267, Pl. 118 [Fauna Japonica Parts 10-14; ref. 4374] Japan [Nagasaki]. Holotype (unique): RMNH D2236 (stuffed). Type information: Boeseman 1947:190 [ref. 12876]. Type catalog: Böhlke & Smith 2002:91 [ref. 26380]. As Muraena albomarginata in Bleeker 1853:20 [ref. 340]. •Valid as Gymnothorax albimarginatus (Temminck & Schlegel 1846) -- (Hatooka in Masuda et al. 1984:25 [ref. 6441], Böhlke 1997:94 [ref. 23177], Böhlke et al. 1999:1656 [ref. 24692], Böhlke & Randall 2000:226 [ref. 24493], Nakabo 2000:211 [ref. 25086], Compagno in Randall & Lim 2000:585 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2002:211 [ref. 26001], Choi et al. 2003:141, 490 [ref. 26218], Böhlke & Smith 2002:91 [ref. 26380], Allen & Adrim 2003:22 [ref. 26830], Heemstra 2004:5 [ref. 27849], Randall 2005:38 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:116 [ref. 28379], Randall 2007:83 [ref. 30952], Fricke et al. 2011:349 [ref. 31242], Loh et al. 2011:51 [ref. 31690], Allen & Erdmann 2012:80 [ref. 31980], Smith 2012:11 [ref. 32155], Loh et al. 2015:39 [ref. 34118], Ho et al. 2015:154 [ref. 34130], Mohapatra et al. 2016:595 [ref. 34667], Smith et al. 2018:42 [ref. 36035], Ramos-Castro et al. 2020:83 [ref. 37651], Dewa et al. 2021:22 [ref. 38627], Watanabe et al. 2023:5 [ref. 40711], Allen & Erdmann 2024:89 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Gymnothorax albimarginatus (Temminck & Schlegel 1846). Muraenidae: Muraeninae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western and central Pacific: Java and Bali (Indonesia) east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.) and Society Islands (French Polynesia), north to Kagoshima Prefecture (Japan), south to New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.