malabonensis, Muraenichthys Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1923:157, Pl. 2 (fig. 1) [Philippine Journal of Science v. 23 (no. 2); ref. 2117] Bañgos pond at Malabon, Rizal Province, Manila Bay, Philippines. Syntypes: BSMP 839-842 (4) presumed destroyed. •Probably a synonym of Muraenichthys thompsoni Jordan & Richardson 1908 -- (McCosker 1970:508 [ref. 2931] as malabonensis, Castle & McCosker 1999:121 [ref. 24075]). •Valid as Muraenichthys malabonensis Herre 1923 -- (Kuang & Yu in Kuang et al. 1986:32 [ref. 26639], Tang & Zhang 2004:20 [ref. 27889], Zhang et al. 2010:320 [ref. 31511], Kottelat 2013:45 [ref. 32989], McCosker 2014:339 [ref. 33288] with ?). •Synonym of Muraenichthys thompsoni Jordan & Richardson 1908 -- (Hibino et al. 2019:47 [ref. 37149]). Current status: Synonym of Muraenichthys thompsoni Jordan & Richardson 1908. Ophichthidae: Myrophinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.