rhodochilus, Echidna Bleeker [P.] 1863:247 [Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor de Dierkunde v. 1; ref. 17007] Roti Island (Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia). Holotype (unique): BMNH 1867.11.28.277. Type catalog: Böhlke & Smith 2002:144-145 [ref. 26380]. •Valid as Echidna rhodochilus Bleeker 1863 -- (Böhlke et al. 1989:130 [ref. 13286], Hatooka et al. 1992:2 [ref. 24312], Kottelat et al. 1993:10 [ref. 23448], Böhlke et al. 1999:1656 [ref. 24692], Nakabo 2000:202 [ref. 25086], Sakai et al. 2001:85 [ref. 25693], Nakabo 2002:202 [ref. 26001], Smith 2012:7 [ref. 32155], Kottelat 2013:41 [ref. 32989] as rhodochila [not an adjective], Huang et al. 2021:44 [ref. 38853], Jamandre 2023:160 [ref. 40455], Wada & Hibino 2024:1 [ref. 41417]). Current status: Valid as Echidna rhodochilus Bleeker 1863. Muraenidae: Muraeninae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: eastern Indonesia and Philippines north to Taiwan and Ryukyu Islands (Japan). Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.