javanica, Muraena Bleeker [P.] 1859:347 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 19; ref. 368] Patjitan, Java, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1867.11.28.214. Type catalog: Böhlke & Smith 2002:117 [ref. 26380]. See Smith 2012:17-18 [ref. 32155] for nomenclatural remarks. •Valid as Lycodontis javanicus (Bleeker 1859) -- (Dor 1984:28 [ref. 29757]). •Valid as Gymnothorax javanicus (Bleeker 1859) -- (Hatooka in Masuda et al. 1984:24 [ref. 6441], Allen & Swainston 1988:32 [ref. 25477], Paxton et al. 1989:129 [ref. 12442], Winterbottom et al. 1989:9 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:38 [ref. 15987], Chen et al. 1994:50 [ref. 22258], Goren & Dor 1994:7 [ref. 25356], Randall & Golani 1995:861 [ref. 21744], Allen 1997:52 [ref. 23977], Chen et al. 1997:21 [ref. 26476], Kuiter 1997:30 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:38 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:48 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:48 [ref. 24106], Böhlke et al. 1999:1656 [ref. 24692], Randall 1999:7 [ref. 25829], Allen 2000:84 [ref. 37268], Böhlke & Randall 2000:240 [ref. 24493], Compagno in Randall & Lim 2000:585 [ref. 25122], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:111 [ref. 25191], Thomson et al. 2000:43 [ref. 25640], Randall & Earle 2000:7 [ref. 25806], Allen 2000:95 [ref. 25868], Böhlke & McCosker 2001:73 [ref. 25226], Hutchins 2001:17 [ref. 25847], Böhlke & Smith 2002:117 [ref. 26380], Allen & Adrim 2003:23 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S95 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:611 [ref. 27495], Lobel & Lobel 2004:68 [ref. 27576], Randall et al. 2004:7 [ref. 27624], Adrim et al. 2004:118 [ref. 27715], Heemstra et al. 2004:3316 [ref. 27945], Randall 2005:42 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:119 [ref. 28379], Allen et al. 2006:251 [ref. 29005], Randall 2007:87 [ref. 30952], Imamura 2009:18 [ref. 30434], Fricke et al. 2009:16 [ref. 30213], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:188 [ref. 30957], Zhang et al. 2010:266 [ref. 31511], Caratini & Soriano 2011:57 [ref. 39915], Fricke et al. 2011:350 [ref. 31242], Allen & Erdmann 2012:86 [ref. 31980], Smith 2012:17 [ref. 32155], Fricke et al. 2013:251 [ref. 32706], Larson et al. 2013:25 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2014:19 [ref. 33932], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:4 [ref. 33988], Ho et al. 2015:157 [ref. 34130], Koeda et al. 2016:7 [ref. 35333], Fricke et al. 2018:36 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:21 [ref. 36273], Arndt & Fricke 2019:23 [ref. 36883], Dalleau-Coudert et al. 2019:113 [ref. 40104], Fricke et al. 2019:51 [ref. 36673], Zajonz et al. 2019:62 [ref. 36871], Smith et al. 2019:35 [ref. 37159], Psomadakis et al. 2020:273 [ref. 37272], Dale et al. 2021:314 [ref. 38298], Durville et al. 2021:310 [ref. 38802], Wada et al. 2021:36 [ref. 38521], Eudeline 2022:140 [ref. 39191], Grove et al. 2022:16 [ref. 41326], Smith & Böhlke 2022:55 [ref. 39681], Allen & Erdmann 2024:95 [ref. 40796], Fricke et al. 2024:80 [ref. 41255]). Current status: Valid as Gymnothorax javanicus (Bleeker 1859). Muraenidae: Muraeninae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Seychelles, Comoros, Mayotte (France), Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.), and Pitcairn Group, north to Amami Islands (southern Japan), south to northern Western Australia, Queensland (Australia) and New Caledonia; eastern Pacific: Costa Rica south to Panama, including Cocos Island (Costa Rica) and Galapagos Islands (Ecuador). Habitat: marine.