microchir, Echelus Bleeker [P.] 1864:40 [Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor de Dierkunde v. 2; ref. 408] Makassar, Sulawesi, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. Bleeker specimens: BMNH 1867.11.28.319 (1) Sulawesi. •Valid as Myrophis microchir (Bleeker 1864) -- (Dor 1984:37 [ref. 29757], Asano in Masuda et al. 1984:30 [ref. 6441], Goren & Dor 1994:9 [ref. 25356], Smith & McCosker 1999:1668 [ref. 24715], Nakabo 2000:217 [ref. 25086], Hutchins 2001:17 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:217 [ref. 26001], McCosker et al. 2006:270 [ref. 29006], Fricke et al. 2011:352 [ref. 31342], Allen & Erdmann 2012:108 [ref. 31980], Yoshida et al. 2013:23 [ref. 34464], McCosker 2014:339 [ref. 33288], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:4 [ref. 33988], Hibino et al. 2015:47 [ref. 34119], Fricke et al. 2018:45 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:28 [ref. 36273], McCosker 2022:117 [ref. 39686], Allen & Erdmann 2024:118 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Myrophis microchir (Bleeker 1864). Ophichthidae: Myrophinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Aldabra (Seychelles), Seychelles and Madagascar east to Marshall Islands and Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia), north to southern Japan, south to Western Australia. Habitat: marine.