magnifica, Pisoodonophis Abbott [C. C.] 1860:476 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 12; ref. 15619] Hawaiian Islands and Johnston Island [central Pacific]. Holotype: ANSP 1013. Paratypes: ANSP 1014 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:133 [ref. 13621]. Original genus should have been Pisodonophis. •Valid as Myrichthys magnificus (Abbott 1860) -- (McCosker & Rosenblatt 1993:163 [ref. 21180], Randall 1995:62 [ref. 22896], Myers 1999:57 [ref. 23965], McCosker 2002:25 [ref. 25848], Randall 2005:32 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:134 [ref. 28379], Randall 2007:67 [ref. 30952] datred 1861, McCosker & Allen 2012:39 [ref. 31763]). Current status: Valid as Myrichthys magnificus (Abbott 1860). Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae. Distribution: Hawaiian, Leeward islands and Johnston Atoll. Habitat: marine.