cirrocheilos, Ophisurus Bleeker [P.] 1857:89 [Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae v. 2 (art. 7); ref. 356] Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Syntypes: (2) RMNH 7170 (1), BMNH 1867.11.28.213 (1). Spelled cirrocheilos 3 times in text, as cirrhocheilos in index (p. 102); cirrhocheilos regarded as a misspelling. Spelled cirrochilus by Günther 1870:65 [ref. 1995] -- an incorrect subsequent spelling. Nemtzov et al. 1987:13 [ref. 11594] list BMNH 1867.11.28.213 as holotype. •Valid as Brachysomophis cirrocheilos (Bleeker 1857) -- (McCosker 1977:74 [ref. 6836], Asano in Masuda et al. 1984:31 [ref. 6441] as cirrhocheilos, Nemtzov et al. 1987:13 [ref. 11594] as cirrhocheilus, Allen & Swainston 1988:34 [ref. 25477], Paxton et al. 1989:116 [ref. 12442], Randall et al. 1990:43 [ref. 15987], Goren & Dor 1994:8 [ref. 25356] as cirrhoceilus, Allen 1997:56 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:43 [ref. 25919], Smith & McCosker 1999:1668 [ref. 24715], Nakabo 2000:225 [ref. 25086], McCosker in Randall & Lim 2000:586 [ref. 25122], McCosker & Randall 2001:8 [ref. 25635], Hutchins 2001:17 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:225 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:23 [ref. 26830] as cirrocheilus, Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S95 [ref. 27377], Tang & Zhang 2004:21 [ref. 27889] as cirrhochilus, McCosker et al. 2006:266 [ref. 29006], Biswas et al. 2010:1 [ref. 41577], Zhang et al. 2010:363 [ref. 31511], Allen & Erdmann 2012:102 [ref. 31980], Kottelat 2013:44 [ref. 32989], Fricke et al. 2014:22 [ref. 33932], McCosker & Ho 2014:95 [ref. 33573], Fricke et al. 2015:64 [ref. 33895], Ho et al. 2015:166 [ref. 34130], Golani & Fricke 2018:27 [ref. 36273], McCosker 2022:107 [ref. 39686], Allen & Erdmann 2024:112 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Brachysomophis cirrocheilos (Bleeker 1857). Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Aldabra (Seychelles), Seychelles, Comoros and Madagascar east to Johnston Atoll and Society Islands, north to southern Japan, south to northern Australia. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.
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